H.E. Dresser - A Manual of Palaearctic Birds - 1902

Title

A Manual of Palaearctic Birds

Author

H.E. Dresser

Year

1902-3

Description

First edition. Two volumes bound in one, with two frontispieces. An important contribution to the delimitation of the ranges of Palaearctic birds. 

Dresser (1838–1915), businessman and naturalist, published over one hundred ornithological papers and was closely associated with the British Ornithologists’ Union and the early bird conservation movement.

vii, 922 pp. 

Condition

Rubbing to the covers; foxing; four leaves remain uncut.