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A HANDBOOK TO THE BIRDS OF EGYPT by SHELLEY G. E.:
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A HANDBOOK TO THE BIRDS OF EGYPT
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LONDON, JOHN VAN VOORST, 1872. FIRST EDITION. BEAUTIFULLY REBOUND IN QUARTER LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS, NEW ENDPAPERS, RAISED BANDS, WITH 14 VERY FINE COLOUR PLATES BY KEULEMANS. PART 1 (PAGES 1-64) GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S JOURNEY IN THE COUNTRY. BOOKPLATE. VERY CLEAN AND TIGHT. A VERY HANDSOME COPY OF A SCARCE WORK.
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- Keywords EGYPT, ORNITHOLOGY
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A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt
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A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt
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London, John Van Voorst, 1872, First Edition. . original blind stamped cloth, spine with gilt vignette, spine repaired, corners a little worn, front endpaper chipped, rear endpaper lacking, a clean very good copy, signed by author in ink on dedication page. . tall 8vo [26 x 16.5 cm]; ix, 342 pp, 14 very fine hand colored plates, index. . Nissen 872, BMNH p1913, Anker 469: "The fine plates were executed from drawings by J. G. Keulemanns". Zimmer p588, Wood p566: "The information in this excellent work is derived chiefly from a collection of nearly a thousand skins of birds". The author travelled extensively in the Nile area and was able to observe the birds first-hand. Some of the birds are illustrated here for the first time. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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London: John van Voorst, 1872. FIRST EDITION. With 14 hand coloured lithographed plates by J.G. Keulemans. Contemporary red cloth, rebacked; uncut, one signature loose. Ex-library, with the perforated stamp of the John Crerar Library on title and a stamp indicating its de-accession, plus the blindstamp of James H. Dolan Jr. First edition of the first comprehensive account on the birds of Egypt. Shelley made three trips to the Nile region, collecting a large number of birds, many of which are illustrated here for the first time by Keulemans.Shelley (1840-1910), geologist and ornithologist, was the nephew of Percy Bysshe Shelley.Anker, 469; Nissen, IVB, 872; Wood, p. 566; Zimmer, II, 588.
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