Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands

by Thomas Littleton Powys Lilford

$3,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Three-quarter brown morocco and cloth-covered boards, spines in six compartments with raised bands, lettered gilt, top edge gilt. Binding by Fazakerley of Liverpool A fine copy of perhaps the finest and most perfect ornithological iconography Nissen . This important bird book, which establish ed a new standard of excellence Radclyffe , contains the work of some of the finest nature illustrators of their day, including J.G. Keulemans and Archibald Thorburn.

• Binding: Leather

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