The British Warblers – A History with Problems of their Lives 1907-1914 by Eliot and Henrik Gronvold

The British Warblers – A History, with Problems of their Lives by Howard H. Eliot • Illustrated by Henrik Gronvold Published in parts between 1907-1914 by R. H. Porter of London Lithography by W. Greve of Berlin Chromolithographs (the color plates on this page) and Photogravures (black and white plates) Sheet size: approx. 7.75 x 11.5 inches (royal octavo).
Henrik Gronvold (1858-1940)	The British Warbers was an elaborate and costly work of which only a limited number of copies were printed and sold by subscription only. World War I interupted the distribution of the final volume with the coloured plates having to be mailed to subscribers separately, as the chromolithography was being done in wartime Germany! Henrik Gronvold, (1858-1940) was a Danish naturalist and artist. From an early age, he developed an interest in natural history and spent his time drawing the birds and animals around him. In his early years he studied drawing in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1892, Gronvold left for America by way of England. It was in London that he landed a job preparing bird skeletons for the Natural History Museum. There he developed skill as a taxidermist and established his reputation as an artist. In 1895, Gronvold joined an expedition to the Savage islands, returning later to continue as an artist at the Musem. By the end of the century, Gronvold’s work was well represented in scientific literature. He also produced plates of bird eggs (see below) , which were quite unusual and rarely found in early bird books.
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Whitethroat $40	Lesser Whitethroat $40	Orphean Warbler $35
Blackcap male and female $50	Garden Warbler (young being fed) [see enlargement] $60	Barred Warbler $40
Subalpine Warbler $45	Chiff Chaff adult female and immature $45	Chiff Chaff autumn plumage $45
Siberian Chiff Chaff [see enlargement] $35	Chiff Chaff adult male $40	Greenish Willow Warbler $40
Wood Warbler $45	Willow Warbler $50	Rufous Warbler $40
Radde's Bush Warbler $40	Icterine Warbler (foxing) $20	Radde's Bush Warbler $45
Reed Warbler adult and young $50	Reed Warbler variety $35	Greater Reed Warbler
Sedge Warblers Immature Birds at Play $45	Sedge Warbler $40
Marsh Warbler $35	Savi's Warbler
Grasshopper Warbler immature $45	Grasshopper Warbler adult female $45	Grasshopper Warbler adult male $45
Eggs of British Warblers Plate I (Aquatic, Sedge, Reed, Marsh, Great Reed Warblers) $65		Eggs of British Warblers Plate III (Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat) $65
Map showing approximately the date of arrival of the Marsh Warbler in certain parts of Europe $10	Map showing approximately the date of arrival of the Reed Warbler in certain parts of Europe $10	click here for the black/white photogravures from "British Warblers"
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