Seebohm, Henry. The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriidae, or the Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes and their Allies. 2nd. Ed. Pub.Henry Sotheran. 1888
pp.xxix, 524 with 21 hand coloured lithographed plates by Keulemans and wood engraved illustrations by J.G.Millais and others. Title page a little foxed coloured plates clean and bright. Recased in cloth preserving original spine with new endpapers. A very nice copy. From the library of Peter Tate.
Seebohm was born in Bradford in 1832. His interest in natural history led him to travel widely in Greece, Scandinavia, Turkey and South Africa. His expeditions to the Yenisy tundra of Siberia was described by him in two books Siberia in Europe (1880) and Siberia in Asia (1882) which were published after his death in Birds of Siberia(1901). The present volume was originally published in 1887.
£1,200.00 [Ref: 35094]