EAST AFRICAN MAMMALS

7 vols, numerous maps & drawings in each volume.

Vol. 1 - Introduction & Primates 446pp
Vol. 2A - Insectivores & Bats 241pp and extensive index
Vol. 2B - Hares & Rodents 358pp with extensive index
Vol. 3A - Carnivores 413pp and index
Vol. 3B - Large Mammals 345pp and index
Vol. 3C - Bovids 393pp
Vol. 3D - Bovids 197 and extensive index

Complete matching set of seven hardcover volumes - all first editions - covered with dust jackets that are worn and chipped. The books are clean internally and the binding strong. Some light page discolouration around page margins. Overall the set is in good condition.

One of the classic works of natural history. The first volume of this encyclopaedic work was published in 1971, the last in 1982. Kingdon is an inspired artist, capturing the subtleties of living, moving mammals in the field sketches, paintings and studied drawings which cover these pages. The text covers every aspect of East African mammals: morphology, behaviour, conservation, ecology, populations, distribution and evolution. 

Extract from the website of Cambridge Conservation Initiative (https://www.cambridgeconservation.org/our-work/arts/evolution-as-inspiration/): "Jonathan Kingdon is a zoologist, science author, and artist; a research associate at the University of Oxford. He focuses on taxonomic illustration and evolution of the mammals of Africa. He is a contributor to The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing.

As well as being one of the world’s greatest naturalists – having produced some of the most important studies of African mammals and biodiversity – Kingdon has created a wealth of practice which seeks to explore and explain some of the how’s and whys of animal evolution. Born in Dodoma, Tanzania, Kingdon trained as an artist at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford, and at the Royal College before teaching fine art at the Makerere University in Uganda. Since the 1980s, he has published and illustrated a major series of papers, and books, exploring the evolution of African mammals."