FOREWORD BY ERNST MAYR. THIS IS THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO SHOW THE CONTINUING PROCESS OF EVOLUTION BY MEANS OF PLOTTING ON ONE MAP THE DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIES BELIEVED TO BE IMMEDIATELY DESCENDED FROM A COMMON ANCESTOR. THE BOOK CONTAINS 439 MAPS AND COVERS 900 SPECIES OF AFRICAN PASSERINES. LARGE FORMAT FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAP. PRICE CLIPPED. SMALL NEAT INSCRIPTION.
FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. DESIGN AND CARTOGRAPHY BY CRISPIN FISHER. AN EXTENSIVE INTRODUCTORY SECTION PROVIDES VALUABLE INFORMATION ON THE UNDERLYING FACTORS AFFECTING BIRD DISTRIBUTION SUCH AS CHANGES IN THE CLIMATE AND VEGETATION OF THE WESTERN PALEARCTIC SINCE THE ICE AGES. IT ALSO ASSESSES THE OFTEN CONSIDERABLE PROBLEMS OF MAPPING BIRDS AND EXPLAINS THE AIMS BEHIND THE PRESENT WORK.
SIXTH EDITION. RECASED IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS GILT TITLE TO SPINE. TITLE PAGE HAS BEEN PROFESSIONALLY REPAIRED. MINOR WEAR TO THE LEATHER. TOGETHER WITH A SYNOPSIS OF COUNCILS (1681) BY PRIDEAUX BOUND IN AT THE END. A VERY GOOD SOLID AND CLEAN VOLUME.
LIMITED TO 95 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 31. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. PRINTED BY THE DIDCOT PRESS ON BUTTEN AUSSTATTUNGS PAPER. BOUND IN BROWN CARD. A FINE COPY. SCARCE.
