Extinct birds : an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times--that is, within the last six or seven hundred years : to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction / by Walter Rothschild ; with 45 coloured plates, embracing 63 subjects, and other illustrations.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rothschild, Lionel Walter Rothschild, Baron, 1868-1937.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds.

Extinct birds.

Rare birds.

Penn Provenance:

Leisenring, Julia B. (donor) (RBC copy)

Rothschild, Lionel Walter Rothschild, Baron, 1868-1937 (autograph) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

xxix, 244 p., 42 [i.e. 48] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 39 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Hutchinson and Co., 1907.

Notes:

Limited ed. of 300 signed copies. Cf. half-t.p. verso.

"Literature relating to extinct birds": P. xv-xxvi.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

RBC copy is no. 39 (the copy number supplied in ms.), signed and dated by the author, of a limited ed. of 300 copies. Cf. half-t.p. verso.

RBC copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017 by Julia B. Leisenring.

RBC copy: spine and boards damaged.

OCLC:

6755149