The Birds of Great Britain

by John Gould

$85,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Sumptuously bound in the publisher's contemporary full green morocco, boards elaborately tooled gilt, spines with raised bands forming six compartments, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Binding by Zaehnsdorf Provenance: Bookplate of Russell James Colman 1861-1946 , HM Lieutenant of Norfolk A magnificent copy in the publisher's deluxe binding of the work of which Gould was most proud, here with the Snowy Owl plate in the desirable first issue. This work is the most

• Binding: Leather

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