Search Results: catalogue of the birds in by sharpe r bowdler

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Ex. University of London Library, bookplate on front endpaper. Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum, bookplate on front pastedown. Brown publisher's binding. Small circular embossed stamp at the bottom of the title page. Endpapers discoloured. Pp. xvii + 688. With 8 chromolithographs by J. Smit & 6 by J.G. Keulmans.

Ex-Libris Collegii-Sancti-Davidis. Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum. Two labels on the pastedown of each volume, no other library marks. Brown publisher's binding, text pages uncut. Faint trace of an access no. on the spine. Pp. xiii + 353. With 9 chromolithographs by J.G. Keulmans.

Ex-Libris Collegii-Sancti-Davidis. Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum. Two labels on the pastedown of each volume, no other library marks. Brown publisher's binding, text pages uncut. Faint trace of an access no. on the spine. Pp. xvii + 688. With 8 chromolithographs by J. Smit & 6 by J.G. Keulmans. Plate no. 5a has some light foxing around the inner & top edges.

Ex. University of London Library, bookplate on front pastedown. Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum, bookplate on front endpaper. Brown publisher's binding, top of spine frayed. Small circular embossed stamp at the bottom of the title page and at the top of the final plate. Pp. xiii + 353. With 9 chromolithographs by J.G. Keulmans.

London: British Museum, 1894. Hardcover. Good. Keulemans, J.G.. Volume XXIII only. Good in original cloth, cracked at inner hinges and at spine of back cover. Small corner water stain to plates. Catalogue of the Fulicariae (Rallidae and Heliornithidae) and Alectorides (Aramidae, Eurypygidae, Mesitidae, Rhinochetidae, Gruidae, Psophiidae, and Otididae) in the Collection of the British Museum. Nine chromolithographic plates by J.G. KEULEMANS. The complete work published in 27 volumes (1874-1898) provided a detailed description of every bird with synonomy and distribution. Each volume included a section of color plates. 'Unquestionably the most important work on systematic ornithology that has ever been published.' -Zimmer.

British Museum (Natural History), 1894-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 353 pp, 9 pl. Publishers brown cloth. Hinges cracking. Moderate shelfwear. Chipping to spine. Library markings, plate to front board. Clean, unmarked pages.

Ex. University of London Library, bookplate on front endpaper. Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum, bookplate on front pastedown. Brown publisher's binding. Small circular embossed stamp at the bottom of the title page. Pp. xii + 794. With 7 chromolithographs by J.G. Keulmans.

London: published by the author, 1871. perfect. Sehr gut. 8vo. (ca. 22 x 14 cm). Later sewed binding with wrappers of marbled paper / Spätere Broschur mit Marmorpapier-Umschlag, iv, 76 pages. Rare catalogue with autographic dedication on the title page: / Seltener Katalog mit eigenhändiger Widmung auf dem Titel: "Monsieur Jules Verreaux from his friend the author". - The famous french biologist/ornithologist Jules Verreaux flew to London, when german troops came close to Paris in 1870. He found temporary shelter at the home of the young R. B. Sharpe. "Als sich 1870 die deutschen Truppen der französischen Hauptstadt nähern, flieht er (Verreaux) nach London und findet Obdach bei dem jungen Bowdler Sharpe, der ihm nachgerühmt hat: "He possessed an immense knowledge of birds, probably greater than any man of his generation."" (Stresemann, Erwin: Die Entwicklung der Ornithologie von Aristoteles bis zur Gegenwart, S. 392). - Very good condition.… Read More

London: British Museum (Natural History), 1892. Hardcover. Good. Keulemans, J.G.. Backstrip missing half, remaining half nearly detached. Half title loose. Containing the Families Coraciae (contin.) and Halcyones by R. Bowdler Sharpe and Bucerotes and Trogones by R Ogilvie Grant. Seventeen hand-colored lithographs by J. Keulemans. The complete work published in 27 volumes (1874-1898) provided a detailed description of every bird with synonomy and distribution. Each volume included a section of color plates. 'Unquestionably the most important work on systematic ornithology that has ever been published.' -Zimmer.