BEEBE, C.W. | A Monograph of the Pheasants, London 1918-1922, 4 volumes

BEEBE, WILLIAM CHARLES

A MONOGRAPH OF THE PHEASANTS. LONDON: PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BY WITHERBY AND CO., 1918-1927

FIRST EDITION, number 242 of 600 copies, 4 volumes, folio (406 x 290mm.), titles printed in red and black, 90 coloured lithographed or collotype plates after A. Thorburn, G.E. Lodge, H. Gronvold, L.A. Fuertes, Chas. R. Knight, H. Jones, and E. Megargee, 88 photogravure plates (many with 2 images) from photographs by Beebe and others, 20 distribution maps printed in red and black by Stanford's, the chromolithographs and photogravures with captioned tissue-guards, prospectus loosely inserted, original maroon cloth lettered in gilt, binding rubbed and faded in a few places

"Perhaps the greatest ornithological work of the present century, notable not only for its beauty and the wealth of information it contains, but also for the unusual grace of its prose" (Mengel). Beebe's text is based on his own extensive expeditions through Asia, as well as his study of the collections of the leading natural history museums around the world.

LITERATURE:

Anker 31; Nissen IVB 84; Wood, p.228; Mengel 203; Zimmer 49

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