Weigold hugo dr (1 risultati)

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. 94, [2]; 17 illustrations from photographs on plates and in the text; original printed pale blue wrappers; two small spots on the front cover else very good, sound, and clean. Issued as no. 83 in the Journal für Ornithologie series. Inscribed: "Best compliments from the author" on the title page. Dr. Hugo Weigold (1886-1972) "was a German zoologist and a pioneer bird bander who worked at the Heligoland Bird Observatory, one of the world's first bird-ringing sites . [He] was the first Westerner to see a live giant panda in the wild" (Wikipedia). Over the course of six years and two expeditions Weigold carried out zoological research in China and Tibet and collected nearly 5000 specimens.…