Rare Tierra del Fuego birds by Keulemans

Oustalet, [J. F.] É.

Mission scientifique du Cap Horn. 1882-1883. Tom. VI. 6. Zoologie. Oiseaux.

Published 1882
Item ID 74413
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Paris, Gauthier-Villars et fils, 1891. Large 4to (28.2 x 22.7 cm). 341 pp.; six beautiful hand-coloured lithographed plates by Keulemans. Later boards with original printed front wrapper mounted on front board.

An important and early contribution to the ornithology of Tierra del Fuego (southernmost part of South America) - including a new species - based upon surveys and collections on the occasion of the International Polar Year, when 11 European countries and the US organised an expedition to the Poles in order to make geodesic and other scientific observations. The French team, led by Lieutenant Payen and Dr Hyades, visited Cape Horn. This is the complete work on the birds, written by the French ornithologist and professor of zoology Jean-Frédéric Émile Oustalet (1844-1905), and beautifully illustrated by the famous Dutch-British bird painter John Gerrard Keulemans (1842-1912). Ronsil wrongly quotes three maps, which we have not seen in any copy, and have not been called for by any other bibliographer. Neither are there text references to any map, therefore we think they do not belong to the bird section. Uncut, with the widest possible margins. The binding is protective and attractive. A very good copy. Nissen ZBI, 4695; Ronsil, 2242 (p. 375); Sitwell, p. 129; Zimmer, p. 478.

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