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Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume I
Previously rated Top Birding Book of the Year. For the serious collector, ornithologist, or birding enthusiast, The Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) is the first work ever to illustrate and deal in detail with all the species of birds in the world. AUTHORS OF VOLUME 1 J. Cabot, C. Carboneras, A. Elliott, A. Folch, J. del Hoyo, E. de Juana, F. Llimona, I. Martínez, A. Martínez-Vilalta, E. Matheu, A. Motis, J. Orta. ARTISTS FOR VOLUME 1 Angels Jutglar, Francesc Jutglar, Lluís Sanz, Lluís Solé and Juan Varela. TECHNICAL DETAILS OF VOLUME 1 310 x 240 mm 696 pages 14 anatomical colour plates 50 colour plates of birds 382 colour photographs 568 distribution maps more than 6000 bibliographical references Edited by: Josep del Hoyo Andrew Elliott Jordi Sargatal ISBN: 84-87334-10-5 Published October 1992 Reviewers have said: This handsome tome inaugurates one of the most ambitious publication ventures in the history of ornithology... I judge this major work to be the single most useful reference on birds of the world. The Auk, USA If perfection does not exist upon Earth, this first volume comes very close to it. When one thinks of the difficulties of all kinds that its authors and editors must have come up against, it is clear that they have accomplished a tour de force: summa cum laude! Nos Oiseaux, SWITZERLAND It has taken until the end of the 20th C., but at last enough information and data have been amassed to enable the production of one work that treats all the species of birds of the world... In comparison with other birds-of-the-world books, this volume rests in a league of its own by virtue of its sheer magnitude and depth of coverage alone. The Quarterly Review of Biology, USA The first volume of this ambitious project was received with universally enthusiastic reviews: rarely, it was said, does a book come up to and exceed expectations as this one did. Birds (RSPB), UK The publication of the first volume three years ago already demonstrated that this Handbook is one of the most essential ornithological publications, and not only of this decade. In order to describe it correctly, only superlatives can be used. Der Falke, GERMANY
SKU: 442HBW1
Category: Outdoor and Garden
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