A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals... With: Gleanings of Natural History Exhibiting Figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants, &c..

by George Edwards

$39,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Contemporary uniform red full morocco, ruled and elaborately tooled gilt, spines with five pairs of raised bands forming six compartments with gilt bird devices, gilt dentelles, blue marbled endpapers, all edges gilt Provenance: Bookplate of William Leatham 1785-1842 , a prominent English banker, Quaker abolitionist, and father to two members of the British Parliament A spectacular set of the preferred second edition of one of the most important of all bird books, both

• Binding: Leather

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