BRABOURNE (WYNDHAM W. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSON, 3rd Baron) and CHARLES CHUBB


The Birds of South America; Illustrations of the Game Birds and Water Fowl of South America. By H. Grönvold, 2 parts in 2 vol., text volume with double-page colour map, Atlas with 38 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Henrik Grönvold, half-titles, original printed wrappers to first part bound in at end of Atlas, text in green morocco-backed cloth, Atlas in red half morocco, gilt, spines rubbed and faded, [Nissen IVB 129; Wood, p.253; Zimmer, p.85], 4to (282 x 190mm. and 307 x 235mm.), R.H. Porter, John Weldon etc., [1913]-1917
|The only two volumes published of an ambitious 16 volume projected work, the realisation of which was cut short by the tragic death of Lord Brabourne during the Great War. The series of "38 beautiful plates" (Wood) were intended to be the first of 400 such plates, whilst the text comprised the most complete list of South American birds published to that day.Provenance: De Goederen, Amsterdam, 17 March 1952.