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Sale 759 - Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner
Oct 8, 2020
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BEEBE, Charles William (1877-1962). A Monograph of the Pheasants. London: Witherby & Co., 1918-1922.
4 volumes, folio (401 x 297 mm). Half-title, titles printed in red and black, 90 color lithographed or collotype plates, 88 photogravures, and 20 distribution maps. (Occasional spotting, some offsetting.) Publisher's gilt-lettered maroon cloth, top edges gilt, others uncut (recased, a few repairs).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 477 of 600. One of the greatest ornithological works of the 20th century with plates after works by George Edward Lodge (42), Henrik Grønvold (15), H. Jones (11), C.R. Knight (8), Archibald Thornburn (8), L.A. Fuertes (5), and E. Megargee (1) and photogravures by Beebe and others (mostly vol. III).