Unexplored Spain

1 volume. First edition 1910. 

Bookplate from the library of William Maitland Congreve.

https://britishbirds.co.uk/article/obituary-william-maitland-congreve-mc1883-1967/

Publishers green cloth boards.

Gilt title and gilt animal vignette on cover.

Gilt title to spine. Pages untrimmed.

xvi, 416 pages, [2], + 22 pages publishers book reviews.

Tissue-guarded frontispiece.

31 pages containing 39 illustrations.

169 in-text illustrations.

"First edition of an important work on Spain and its wildlife,

intended as the sequel to the authors' Wild Spain (1893).

Chapman and Buck spent two years in Spain marching through

mountains and desolate marshes watching and inventorying fauna.

Among many other sites, they describe the historic hunting places

of Coto Dañana, Andalusia's big game, wild geese, the Spanish bull fight,

flamingoes, and wild camels. The work is enriched by stunning photographs

that show the progress made in capturing animal images at that time.

Chapman (1851-1929) was a British naturalist and hunter who made

regular visits to the Iberian Peninsula, together with his friend Walter Buck,

the British vice-consul at Jerez. He saved the Iberian ibex (goat) from

extinction thanks to his hunting restrictions."

Recorded shipping weight 2000g.

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