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Gosse, P. H. [Philip Henry]

Popular British Ornithology, containing Familiar and Technical Description of the Birds of the British Isles

1853

140,06 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1853
Luogo di stampa
London. Lovell Reeve
Autore
Gosse, P. H. [Philip Henry]
Soggetto
Nature - Ornithology
Lingue
Inglese

Descrizione

12mo [17 x 13 cm]; viii, 320, [iv, ads], 8 [ads] pp, 19 fine hand-colored plates, lacking the frontis, index. original pictorial and blind-stamped pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine with gilt decorations, name on endpaper, spine ends frayed, very good overall. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Freeman and Wertheimer 37. Wood 363: "A well-written, popular little book, with excellent diagnostic plates". Nissen 367a. This is identical to the first edition of 1849. Gosse was one of the most important biologists of the nineteenth century. This was the only work he did on the birds of his native country. Popular Natural History Series.

Edizione: second edition.
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