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EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1839 A very good copy of the 1st edition of Part II of Birds of Great Britain and Ireland in the original publisher's cloth binding. This volume covers a range of familiar birds from bullfinches to wrens. Contents: volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of William Smellie with tissue guard; hand coloured vignette title page showing a robin; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of William Smellie; text with black and white illustrations and 30 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. The original binding has been rebacked, relaying the original spine, and is sound and tight. There is slight scuffing to the boards, which have light wear to corners and edges. There is fading to the spine and to the board edges. The original green endpapers are present with professional repair at the inner joints. Text and plate pages have light toning at the margins. The plates are clean and well coloured. The paint has splashed however in a…
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by Sir William Jardine
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The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Part II. Incessores. The Naturalist's Library, Ornithology Vol.X
by Sir William Jardine
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1839 A very good copy of the 1st edition of Part II of Birds of Great Britain and Ireland in the original publisher's cloth binding. This volume covers a range of familiar birds from bullfinches to wrens. Contents: volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of William Smellie with tissue guard; hand coloured vignette title page showing a robin; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of William Smellie; text with black and white illustrations and 30 hand coloured plates bound at the rear. The original binding has been rebacked, relaying the original spine, and is sound and tight. There is light scuffing to the boards, which have wear to corners with some cloth loss, and fading towards the edges. New endpapers have been added. Contents are very clean with light toning to page edges and the very occasional spot. The plates are without tissue guards.
- Bookseller E C Books (GB)
- Illustrator Stewart
- Format/Binding Cloth
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition N
- Edition 1st Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher W H LIZARS
- Place of Publication EDINBURGH
- Date Published 1839
- Keywords Naturalist's library; sir william jardine; ornithology; british birds; nineteenth century natural history; incessores
- Size 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Part II. Incessores. The Naturalist's Library, Ornithology Vol.X
by Sir William Jardine
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