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ROTHSCHILD, Lionel Walter (1868-1937)

Lot 59
05.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 59 | ROTHSCHILD, Lionel Walter (1868-1937)
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€ 3 000 – 4 000
ROTHSCHILD, Lionel Walter (1868-1937)
Extinct birds. Londres : Hutchinson & Co., 1907.
Exemplaire de F. W. Frowhawk, dessinateur anglais, ami de Rothschild et artiste de plusieurs planches de l’ouvrage.

Fondateur du Museum d’histoire naturelle Rothschild de Tring en 1892 (aujourd’hui Natural History Museum de Tring), la collection d’oiseaux taxidermés du baron, la plus importante rassemblée par un particulier à l’époque, est ensuite dispersée entre le Museum d’Histoire naturelle de New York et le British Museum, avant que la partie anglaise ne soit réunie dans un département du Museum d’Histoire naturelle de Londres.
Comme le suggère son titre, Extinct Birds traite des oiseaux disparus et rares dans le monde, comme le dodo (fin du XVIIe siècle), le grand pingouin (milieu du XIXe siècle) ou encore l’eider du Labrado (disparu à la fin du XIXe siècle). Les descriptions des oiseaux éteints s’appuient sur la conférence de Rothschild intitulée On extinct and vanishing birds, publiée dans les actes du 4e Congrès ornithologique international de 1905 à Londres. Zimmer, p. 533 ; Nissen, IVB, 795, p. 160 ; Wood, p. 543.

In-4 (360 x 273 mm). Tirage limité à 300 exemplaires, celui-ci le n° 147, signé et daté par l’auteur à la justification. Illustré de 45 planches chromolithographiques d’après Keulemans, Lodge, Grönvold, Smit et Frohawk et 4 planches de contours. Reliure signée Arthur S. Colley Bookbinders : demi-maroquin vert foncé, dos à nerf décoré et titré en lettres dorées, tête dorée. (Légères rousseurs éparses sur certaines pages de texte, quelques frottements aux coupes).

Provenance :
Frederick William Frohawk (1861-1946) (sur le faux-titre, mention au crayon “Given me by the Hon. Walter Rothschild 9.ix.1910”) -- Alan Francis Brooke (1883-1963 ; ex-libris)

Copy of the artist Frowhawk featured in this rare first edition raising awareness on extinction of species.
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