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Didus cucullatus from Rothschild's Extinct birds
Chesek, Craig
American Museum of Natural History
New York, NY, United States
Details
- Title: Didus cucullatus from Rothschild's Extinct birds
- Creator: Chesek, Craig
- Subject: Birds, Ornithology, Africa, Extinct birds, Art, Illustrations, Rare books, Extinct birds
- Rights: Information on rights available at the repository
- Repository: American Museum of Natural History
- Publisher: American Museum of Natural History Research Library
- Original Caption: Didus cucullatus<br />(One-Third Natural Size-from drawings)
- Medium: Lithography
- Imprint: London: Hutchinson, 1907
- Identifier: b11340642
- Description of Publication: xxix, 244 p., [48] leaves of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 39 cm.
- Department / Discipline: Ornithology
- Date of Publication: 1907
- Date: 2013
- Collection Title: Rare Book Collection
- Collection Name: Rare Book Collection
- Collection Description: The images of the Rare Book Collection highlight some of the art, illustrations, engravings, maps, and sketches from the over 14,000 rare materials housed at the Library. The Museum Library’s Rare Book Collection includes field diaries and scrapbooks, richly illustrated fragile and uniquely bound materials, limited and/or autographed editions; published and unpublished materials with special Museum association; materials of high monetary value; and rare books relevant to natural history, especially in those fields of interest at the Museum. This image collection commences with all of the artwork showcased in Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library: Essays & Plates, a book edited by the Library’s Director, published in October, 2012.
- Call Number: RF-75-G
- Book Title: 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
- Bibliographic Number: <a href="http://libcat1.amnh.org/record=b1134064%20target=_blank">b11340642</a>
- Author: Rothschild, Lionel Walter Rothschild, Baron, 1868-1937
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