H. Seebohm | A monograph of the Turdidae, or family of thrushes, [1898-] 1902, 2 volumes, red three quarter morocco

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H. Seebohm 

A monograph of the turdidae. Or family of thrushes… edited and completed (after the author’s death) by R. Bowdler Sharpe. London: Henry Sotheran, [1898]-1902

FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, folio (375 x 280mm.), photogravure portrait, 149 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J.G. Keulemans, heightened in gum arabic, red three-quarter morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, extremities slightly rubbed

"A thorough monograph of a limited section of the family Turdidae... Several new species are described. The hand-colored plates by Keulemans are excellent" (Zimmer).

PROVENANCE:

Joseph McDonough Co., bookseller's ticket

LITERATURE:

Anker 458; Fine Bird Books, p. 106; McGill/Wood, p. 561; Nissen IVB 852; Zimmer, pp. 570-571