William Beebe

Lot 28: BEEBE (WILLIAM)

Name: BEEBE (WILLIAM)
Brand: Bonhams
SKU: 3b64b71107

Est: £2,000 GBP - £3,000 GBP

BonhamsLondon, United KingdomJune 12, 2012

Item Overview

Description

A Monograph of the Pheasants, 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 179 OF 600 COPIES, half-titles, 90 chromolithographed or collotype plates after Thorburn, G.E. Lodge, H. Grönvold, L.A. Fuertes, C.R. Knight, H. Jones and E. Megargee, 88 photogravure plates from photographs by Beebe and others, all with captioned tissue guards, 20 maps, publisher's maroon buckram, t.e.g. [Nissen IVB 84; Anker 31; Mengel 203, 'perhaps the greatest ornithological work of the present century'; Zimmer I, 49], folio, Witherby & Co., for the New York Zoological Society, 1918-1922

Artist or Maker

William Beebe

Auction Details

Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs

Bonhams

June 12, 2012, 12:00 PM GMT

Montpelier Street Knightsbridge, London, LDN, SW7 1HH, UK

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