‎HENRY SEEBOHM‎
‎A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS WITH COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS OF THEIR EGGS‎

‎LONDON PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR BY R. H. PORTER AND DULAU 1883‎

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‎Edizione completa del 1883 dell'imponente opera di ornitologia scritta da Henry Seebohm (1832-1895) produttore di acciaio, amante dei viaggi e ornitologo per passione. Seebohm dedicò per una vita il tempo libero allo studio della storia naturale, in particolare degli uccelli. Compì numerosi viaggi nei Paesi Bassi, Grecia, Asia Minore, Scandinavia, Germania e Siberia per raccogliere e studiare gli uccelli nel loro luogo di origine. L'opera è composta da tre volumi di testo impreziositi da numerose incisioni in bianco e nero e un volume di 68 tavole in cromolitografia che mostrano le uova. L'autore descrive la famiglia dei Falconidae, Strigidae, Passeridae, Cypselidae, Caprimulgidae, Meropidae, Upupidae, Alcenidae, Picidae, Cuculidae, Columbidae, Phasianidae, Pelargidae, Rallidae, Gruidae, Otididae, Charadriidae, Laridae, Alcidae, Colymbidae, Procellaridae, Podicipedidae, Anatidae, Pelecanidae. Ex libris al contropiatto anteriore. In ottime condizioni. Copertina in mezza pelle con titolo e decorazioni in oro al dorso in ottime condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni. Pagine in ottime condizioni con rare fioriture. Terzo tomo: le pagine dalla 381 alla 388 sono state rilegate male. In 8. cm 26x17,5. Pp. XXIV+614+(1), XXXIV+600+(1), XXIV+684, 724+68 Tav.. Peso Kg. 5,800 Complete edition of 1883 of the imponent work of ornythology written by Henry Seebohm (1832-1895) steel manufacturer, traveller and ornythologist for passion. Seebohm's spare time was devoted to natural history, especially ornithology, and he made a number of journeys to the Netherlands, Greece, Asia Minor, Scandinavia, Germany, and Siberia to collect and study birds in their native haunts. The work is made up of three volumes of text with black and white engravings and a volume of 68 chromolythographies of eggs. The author describes the families of Falconidae, Strigidae, Passeridae, Cypselidae, Caprimulgidae, Meropidae, Upupidae, Alcenidae, Picidae, Cuculidae, Columbidae, Phasianidae, Pelargidae, Rallidae, Gruidae, Otididae, Charadriidae, Laridae, Alcidae, Colymbidae, Procellaridae, Podicipedidae, Anatidae, Pelecanidae. Ex libris in the front counterplate. In very good conditions. Half leather cover with gilted title and decorations in very good conditions lightly worn in the extremities. Binding in good conditions. Pages in very good conditions with occasional foxing. third tome: pages from 381 to 388 have been badly bound. In 8. cm 26x17,5. Pp. XXIV+614+(1), XXXIV+600+(1), XXIV+684, 724+68 Tav.. Weight Kg. 5,800‎

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