Birds of La Plata. 1920.

Birds of La Plata. London & Toronto, J. M. Dent & Sons LTD. New York, E. P. Dutton & Co. (The Temple Press Printers), 1920.

Complete work in two volumes, Quarto (24.5 x 17 cm), bound in publisher's cloth with embossing and gilded titles. Volume One: Quarto (17 cm x 24.5 cm), XVI pp., (Includes Half Title, Title plage and Blank), 1 h., 244 pp., 11 plates. Volume Two: Quarto, (17 cm x 24.5 cm), VIII pp., (Includes Half Title, Title page and Blank, 1 sheet, 240 pp., 11 plates. Suarez, n. 3074. Palau, n. 116593. First edition.

Its author, Guillermo Enrique Hudson (1841 - 1922) was born in Quilmes (Argentina), but from 1874 he lived in England until the end of his days. He was a prominent student of local ornithology.

This work is about a lengthy study on River Plate ornithology, written, like all Hudson's production, in English, and beautifully illustrated with 22 colored drawings by H. Gronvold. Without fear of being wrong, we assure you that “Birds of La Plata” is an essential title in any library referring to the natural history of our region.

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