Robert. The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands.

by MUDIE

£575 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

The beginnings of the Baxter Process MUDIE, Robert. The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands. London: Whittaker Co. 1834. Two vols, 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, contemporary gilt armorial supralibros of James Dearden (1798–1862, BAB, stamp 1) Justice of the Peace and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, to front cover of vol. I; pp. xxvi, [2 (list of plates)], 379, [1 (blank)], [6 (printer’s prospectus)], [2 (ads)], with 10 hand-coloured plates (the last not in the list of plates); II: 391, [8 (ads)], with 9 hand-coloured plates; both volumes with chromoxylographic title-page vignettes by Baxter and lithographic in-text illustrations; endpapers of vol. I renewed; small marginal losses to 3 ff. of vol. I, sporadic light foxing to foredges of both vols and to vol. II title, otherwise a very good set; bookplate of Dearden to front pastedown of vol. I; bookplate of Horatio Noble Pym (1844–1896), book collector and editor, to front pastedown of vol. II; bookplate of Hugh Fattorini (1934–2005), the noted natural history book collector and dealer, and red ink shelf stamp ‘HNP’ to front free endpaper of vol. II. First edition, the first book to contain examples of Baxter’s innovative polychromatic printing method, published a year before Baxter patented his highly successful technique. Robert Mudie (1777–1842) was a prolific and versatile author, and this was the first instalment in his series of books on natural history, each of which combined attractive a

• Binding: Hardcover

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