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The Birds of Great Britain, Die Vögel Großbritanniens: Band I Band II, Band III, Band IV, [and] Band V [5 Volume Set] [Signed]
GOULD, John; D Dunn (translation); Peter Scott (foreword); Armin Geus (preface)
Verlag: Eric Maylin / Harenberg Kommunikation [1979, 1980], [London and Dortmund], 1979
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Five Volume set in publishers slipcase, with Volume 1 marked as a Limited Edition, no. 0325 of 1100 copies, and signed by Peter Scott at his foreword to this English translation. Octavo (18cm); green cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spines; green topstain; green endpapers; xx,[8],9-125,[1]pp; [3],4-160,[2]pp;… [3],4-156,[2]pp; [3],4-184,[2]pp; [3],4-176,[2]pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and colorful illustrations throughout. Volume I in English and German, with Volume II-V in German only. Trivial surface wear to all five volumes, else Near Fine. Publisher's green cloth-covered slipcase has modest shelf-wear and -soil, with tiny chip to pictorial paper label; Very Good. Reprint of Gould's works with this Limited Edition including a new English foreword by Scott in Volume I. All volumes include reprints of Gould's colorful plates, with scientific names as used by Gould, popular English names of his period, modern scientific nomenclature, and current popular English names and genus of species. [87557]. Signed.
