British Game Birds and Wildfowl. By Beverley R. Morris, Esq., A.B., M.D., T.C.D., Mem: Wern: Club
by Morris, Beverley Robinson. Fawcett, B., illustrator
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- fragile
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About This Item
London: Groombridge & Sons, Paternoster Row, 1855. First Edition. Hard Cover. iv, 252 p., 60 leaves of colored plates; 32 x 26 cm. Beverley Morris was a younger brother of Francis Morris, the famous ornithologist. "A collection of accounts of British game birds, with a statement of the distribution and habits of the species and descriptions of the birds, their eggs and nests, and notes on their value as articles of food. Most of the forms treated are figured on the hand-coloured plates (wood-engravings), made by B. Fawcett , who also printed the work, which has subsequently been issued in several editions...' (Anker 345). Nissen IVB, 644. Text and plates very good; original 3/4 leather binding has been rebacked and is becoming fragile. Stock#OB584 oversize.
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- The Owl at the Bridge (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- OB584
- Title
- British Game Birds and Wildfowl. By Beverley R. Morris, Esq., A.B., M.D., T.C.D., Mem: Wern: Club
- Author
- Morris, Beverley Robinson. Fawcett, B., illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - fragile
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Groombridge & Sons, Paternoster Row
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- Birds British 19th Century
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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