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ROTSCHILD
Lionel Walter.
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Extinct Birds.
An attempt to unite in one volume a short account of thos
birds which have become extinct in historical times.… London,
Hutchinson 1907. In folio ; Demi-chagrin vert à coins, dos à
nerfs orné. Tête dorée. Pièces de titre et d’auteur.
Xxix et 244 pp.1 f. 49 planches n° en chromolithographie dont
(4A, 5A, 24ABC et 25AB).
Tirage à 300 exemplaires.
Etiquette de la vente Bradley Martin 1841 du catalogue.
Coins, mors et coiffes us.
[Anker 430 ; Zimmer II-533 ; Nissen 160-795]
2 000 / 2 500 €
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ROTSCHILD
Lionel Walter.
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The Avifauna of Laysan and
the neighbouring islands.
With a complete history to date of the birds of Hawaiian
possessions. Illustrated with coloured and black plates by
Messrs Keukemans and Frohawk… London Porter 1893.-1900.
Trois parties reliées en 2 vol. in folio. Demi-chagrin à coins, dos
à nerfs. Tête dorée. Couv. cons.
T.1- xx, xiv et 106 pp. T.2- Pagination 107 à 320.
83 lithographies dont 52 en couleurs.
« This important regional monograph is based on the collecting
activities of Henry Palmer who was engaged by Rothschild in
the Hawaiian Islands from December 1890 to August 1893.
Palmer procured all the known resident land-birds and most of
the sea-birds, a total yield of 1,832 specimens. Fifteen species
were entirely new to science, and several birds new to the
islands. Extracts from Palmer’s diary on Laysan Island and a
summary of his stay in the Sandwich Islands form part of the
work, while one of the plates is a lithographed portrait of the
orthinologist «among the frigate birds, Laysan Island ».
Dos passé.
[Anker 429 ; Zimmer II-532 ; Nissen 794].
1 000 / 2 000 €
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