NicollÕs Birds of Egypt. Published under the authority of the Egyptian Government.

Meinertzhagen, Richard.

Verlag: London: Hugh Rees Ltd., 1930.

Beschreibung

The project of writing an ornithological history of Egypt was begun by M ichael J. Nicoll, the Assistant Director of the Zoological Gardens of Giza, who died before he could complete the task. It was continued by Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen (1878-1967), a troubled man who at once championed the cause of an independent Jewish state in Israel and was thought to be a Nazi sympathizer. As a naturalist, Meinertzhagen came under fire for stealing other peopleÕs specimens and fabricating data to go with them. Still, the present work remains a classic. Two volumes, folio. xvi, 348; [4], pp/[349]-700. With frontisportrait and thirty-seven plates, including thirty-one in color, and several photogravures. Also with three folding color maps and eighty-eight text illustrations. With various appendices, bibliography and index. Original apple green cloth with front covers and spines stamped in gilt. Binding extremities lightly rubbed, small goudge and light discoloration at foot of Volume II, endpapers lightly foxed. A very good, clean set. First edition. Anker 363. Nissen IVB, 675 under Nicoll. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 15247

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Titel: NicollÕs Birds of Egypt. Published under the...

Verlag: London: Hugh Rees Ltd., 1930.

Einband: Hardcover

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