Birds of Britain
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1917. TURBAYNE, Albert Angus. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xii, 405. Frontis. color plate. Illustrated with 100 color plates and diagram in b/w. With preface and index. Bound in brown cloth, title stamped in olive green with illustration and decorations in olive green and black, top edge gilt: crease on front free endpaper and fly title page, smudge on tissue guard of frontispiece, with former owner’s signature on front pastedown. Final reprint March 1917. Good / No Jacket - as issued. Item #12369
First published in 1907, a comprehensive study of British birds by prominent early 20th-century British zoologist, J. Lewis Bonhote (1875-1922), including 100 colour plates from Henry Eeles Dresser’s monumental work, "A History of the Birds of Europe", serves as an informative Edwardian resource for both casual birdwatchers and dedicated ornithologists, with an emphasis on the birds' habitats, nesting, behaviors, and distinctive traits. Set in large type with handsome covers, and now housed in a clear archival cover. INMAN 6.
Price: $100.00