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Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and their Eggs. Vol. I-VII
by Meyer, H.L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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IVER, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: G.W. Nickisson / Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1842-1850. iv, 230; iv, 233, [1]; iv, 240; iv, 215, [1]; iv, 192; iv, 185; viii, 206, 425 hand-col plates (322 birds, 103 eggs), 7 plain plates, title vignettes. . HB. 7 vols, 8vo, late 19 century, full polished calf, dec. gilt border to boards and turn-ins, raised bands to spines, gilt tooling to compartments, leather title pieces, marbled endpapers, aeg. Some foxing/spotting to endpapers/prelims and occasionally elsewhere, but mostly clean. Small perforation to one leaf with loss of a few letters of text. Duplicated typescript list of Plates of eggs tipped in at rear of each volume. Bookplates of James S. North, from a design by C. Haldane Macfall dated 1901. A fine set.. First octavo edition, complete in 7 volumes. Fine hand-coloured plates of birds (322) and eggs (103). Also with cancel of plate facing p. 50 in Vol. II.Nissen IVB 628..
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- Bookseller
- Pemberley Natural History Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A51498
- Title
- Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and their Eggs. Vol. I-VII
- Author
- Meyer, H.L
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G.W. Nickisson / Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1842-1850
- Keywords
- ABA12-2022; Birds; Britain; Hand-coloured plates
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About Pemberley Natural History Books
Pemberley Books
Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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- Calf
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- Fine
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- Tipped In
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- Raised Band(s)
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