EGYPTIAN BIRDS. For the Most Part Seen in the Nile Valley.

Adam & Charles Black, 1909

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Year of publication

1909

Place of printing

London

Author

Whymper

Publishers

Adam & Charles Black

Description

First Edition. Splendidly illustrated with 51 finely produced colour plates from paintings, and with 11 line drawings in the text. 8vo, publisher's original tan cloth, the spine and upper cover lettered in gilt and with Egyptian motif decoration in gilt, red and green, the spine gilt lettered and decorated featuring a bust of Horus (the falcon-headed god of the sky) in green, yellow, tan, and black, t.e.g. x, 221, 2 ads. pp. A very handsome copy, the text is uncommonly clean and fresh, the plates all bright and very fine, the cloth and decorations also bright and fine, the front hinge slightly shaken.

Edizione: a beautifully illustrated book of colourful egyptian birds. includes vultures, kites, owls, eagles, kingfishers, and many more. one of the beautiful books published by a. and c. black in the early 20th century. several of the plates show the birds in very distinctively egyptian settings with unmistakable landmarks visible in the background.