Henry Seebohm | A monograph of the turdidae. Or family of thrushes, [1898]-1902, 2 volumes, fine copy

Henry Seebohm

A monograph of the turdidae. Or family of thrushes… edited and completed (after the author’s death) by R. Bowdler Sharpe. London: Henry Sotheran, [1898]-1902

FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, folio (380 x 280mm.), photogravure portrait, 149 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J.G. Keulemans, heightened in gum arabic, green three-quarter morocco gilt by Bumpus, top edge gilt others uncut, spines slightly sunned

A FINE COPY. "A thorough monograph of a limited section of the family Turdidae ... Several new species are described. The hand-colored plates by Keulemans are excellent" (Zimmer).

LITERATURE:

Anker 458; Nissen IVB 852; Fine Bird Books, p.141; Wood, p.561; Zimmer, pp.570-571