Research Catalog

Title

The birds of Nippon. Volume I. Introduction, physiography, history of Japanese ornithology, bibliography, order Galli / by Prince Taka-Tsukasa.

Author

Takatsukasa, Nobusuke, 1889-1959.

Publication

[London : H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd. ; Tokyo : Yokendo], 1943.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Grönvold, Henrik, 1858-1940.
• Higashi, N., active approximately 1930.
• Kobayashi, Shigezaku, 1887-1946.
• Ishizaki, Kōyō, 1884-1947.

Description

xiii, [1], clxxxiv, 456 p., xx, [i.e. xxi], [34] leaves of plates (5 folded) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 29 cm.

Subject

• Birds > Japan
• Galliformes > Japan
• Ornithology > Japan > History
• Ornithology > Japan > Bibliography

Note

• Originally issued in 8 pts., Aug. 15, 1932-Feb. 28, 1943. Title page and other prelims. in pt. 8.
• Publisher information from covers of pts. 1-7. Pt. 8 lacks publisher information. Witherby's participation ceased with pt. 7, issued in 1939.
• No more published in this ed. A rev. and expanded ed. was issued by Maruzen Co. in 1967.
• Illustrations: 1 print : woodcut, col., hand col. ; diam. image 12.2 cm. By Kōyō Ishizaki. Frontispiece, issued with pt. 8. -- 3 col. maps on folded leaves, numbered i-iii; descriptive letterpress on guard sheets. -- 18 full-page col. reproductions of paintings by Henrik Grönvald, N. Higashi and Shigezaku Kobayashi, numbered iv-xii, xiib, xiii-xx; descriptive letterpress on guard sheets. -- 30 leaves of reproductions of photos. in photogravure; full-page map; 2 tables on folded leaves; several ill. in text.
• Includes index.
• Errata slips issued with pts. 1 and 3-7; instructions to binder (in Japanese) on slip issued with pt. 8.
• Parts issue: Each pt. in pale brown paper covers.

Bibliography (note)

• "The bibliography": p. lvii-clxxxiv.

Indexed In (note)

• Nissen, C. Illustrierte Vogelbücher

Call Number

Arents BIP (Takatsukasa, N. Birds 1932) 06-66

OCLC

63224754

Author

Takatsukasa, Nobusuke, 1889-1959.

Title

The birds of Nippon. Volume I. Introduction, physiography, history of Japanese ornithology, bibliography, order Galli / by Prince Taka-Tsukasa.

Imprint

[London : H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd. ; Tokyo : Yokendo], 1943.

Indexed In:

Nissen, C. Illustrierte Vogelbücher, 921

Bibliography

"The bibliography": p. lvii-clxxxiv.

Local Note

Arents copy: Parts issue.

Arents copy incomplete: Part 8 (containing p. [i]-[xiv] (1st group), cxlvix-clxxxiv, 359-456, frontispiece, plate xx and 2 folded leaves of tables) wanting.

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Added Author

Grönvold, Henrik, 1858-1940. Illustrator

Higashi, N., active approximately 1930. Illustrator

Kobayashi, Shigezaku, 1887-1946. Illustrator

Ishizaki, Kōyō, 1884-1947. Illustrator

Research Call Number

Arents BIP (Takatsukasa, N. Birds 1932) 06-66 Library has: Pts. 1-7