Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands

by Lord Lilford

$5,500 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

London: R.H. Porter, 1885-1897. Eight volumes 7 plus index . Royal 8vo. xxxv, 112; ix, 230; ix, 130; ix, 154; ix, 138; ix, 150; ix, 170 pp. 149-170, the index, are bound into Volume 8 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 432 chromolithograph plates 11 more than called for mounted on linen guards by Thorburn and Keulemans. Half-morocco and marbled boards, marbled paste-downs and endpapers; a truly magnificent copy with the complete

• Binding: Leather

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