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Zimmer, John Todd

Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library

1926

57.34 €

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Year of publication
1926
Place of printing
Chicago. Field Museum of Natural History
Author
Zimmer, John Todd
Keyword
Nature - Ornithology Reference
Languages
English

Description

8vo [21 x 13 cm]; 2 volumes bound in one, x, 706 pp, frontis of Ayers, full page illustrations. original cloth, fine clean copy, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. This has become a standard reference in ornithology, with collations, numbers of plates, etc, as well as useful descriptions and importance of the thousands of books described. Wilfred H. Osgood provides a historical preface. The catalogue "includes the splendid collection of books dealing wholly or in part with birds which has been presented to Field Museum by Edward A. Ayer, and all other works in the library of the museum which are entirely ornithological."

Edizione: reprint of the scarce 1926 edition and limited to 300 copies.