1898 Birds in London

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, sixteen plates, and fifteen in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed study of the birds of London, considering them by species and then by geographical location. With chapters on crows, daw, rooks, and small birds, including a commentary on their movements and recent colonists to the area. Written by William Henry Hudson, an Anglo-Argentinian author, naturalist, and ornithologist who was a critic of Darwinism and instead advocated for Lamarckian evolution. Illustrated by Bryan Hook, an English artist, Arthur David McCormick, a British illustrator and painter, from photographs by Reginald Badham Lodge, an English ornithologist, photographer, and painter. With publisher's catalogue to the rear.