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LYDEKKER, Richard.
The Great and Small Game of India, Burma & Tibet.
Lydekker describes more than seventy varieties of game with attendant notes on sport from the experiences of Demidoff, Darrah, Valentine, and others. One of the greatest works on Asian big game, the plates are of very high quality.
- Published
- London: Rowland Ward Ltd., 166 Piccadilly, 1900.
- References
- Nissen ; Casey Wood;
- Plates
- 9
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: Rowland Ward Ltd., 166 Piccadilly, 1900.
- Ref
- 471
With nine hand-coloured lithographed plates and with many photographic plates to text. 4to. FIRST EDITION. Only one of 250 copies signed by the publisher (this copy # 219). Bound in original green cloth. Title gilt stamped to upper board and to spine, re-backed preserving original back-strip, inner hinges reinforced, extremities rubbed. Bookplate of Santvoord Merle-Smith to front pastedown. Coloured plates in order: 1. (1) Indian Elephant / (2) Indian Rhinoceros / (3) Javan Rhinoceros / (4) Sumatran Rhinoceros / (5) Malay Tapir / (6) Kiang. 2. (1, 1a) Gaur / (2, 2a) Gayal / (3) Burmese Banting, or Tsiang / (4, 4a) Yak / (5, 5a) Indian Buffalo. 3. (1, 1a) Marco Polo's Sheep / (2, 2a) Tibetan Argali / (3) Sha / (4, 4a) Urial / (5, 5a) Bharal. 4. (1, 1a )Sind Wild Goat / (2, 2a) Himalayan Ibex / (3) Astor Markhor / (4) Pir Panjal Markhor / (5, 5a) Suleman Markhor / (6) Himalayan Tahr / (7) Nilgiri Tahr. 5. (1, 1a) Mishmi Takin / (2, 2a) Himalayan Scrow / (3) Goral / (4) Chiru / (5) Blackbuck / (6) Four-horned Antelope / (7, 7a) Indian Chinkara Gazelle / (8) Persian Goitred Gazelle / (9) Goa Gazelle / (10) Nilgai. 6. (1) Hangul / (2) Shou / (3) Thorold's Deer / (4) Indian Sambar / (5) Malay Sambar / (6) Chital / (7) Swamp-Deer / (8) Thamin. 7. (1) Hog-Deer / (2) Indian Muntjac / (3) Tenasserim Muntjac / (4) Tibetan Tufted Deer / (5) Musk-Deer / (6) Indian Chevrotain / (7) Indian Wild Boar / (8) Pigmy Hog. 8. (1) Indian Lion / (2) Bengal Tiger / (3) Indian Leopard / (4) Persian Leopard / (5) Snow-Leopard / (6) Cloudec Leopard / (7) Fishing-Cat / (8) Leopard-Cat / (9) Jungle-Cat / (10) Caracal / (11) Tibetan Lynx / (12) Hunting-Leopard. 9. (1) Binturong / (2) Striped Hyaena / (3) Tibetan Wolf / (4) Indian Wolf / (5) Wild Dog / (6) Himalayan Panda / (7) Short-tailed Panda / (8) Himalayan Brown Bear / (9) Tibetan Blue Bear / (10) Himalayan Black Bear / (11) Malay Bear / (12) Sloth-Bear.
