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SWEET, Robert (1783-1835). The British Warblers. An Account of the genus Sylvia. London: Tilling, printer, published for the author by W.Simpkin and R.Marshall, 1823[-1832].
8° (250 x 153mm). Collation: [A]2 B-C4 D6 (signed D1, E1, [E2], D2, [D3], [D4]) E4 (signed E1, [E4], E2, [E3]), F4, G2. ([4pp.] (front blank, title), pp.[1]-24-[38] (text), [39-44] ("Additional remarks")). 16 hand-coloured engraved plates after Edward Dalton Smith, by Smith and Weddell. (Most plates lightly offset onto facing text.) Original boards (backstrip torn, lightly spotted, small tears in endpapers).
FIRST EDITION in original condition, with the rare front blank. Fine Bird Books p.110; Nissen IVB 919; Zimmer p.620.
8° (250 x 153mm). Collation: [A]2 B-C4 D6 (signed D1, E1, [E2], D2, [D3], [D4]) E4 (signed E1, [E4], E2, [E3]), F4, G2. ([4pp.] (front blank, title), pp.[1]-24-[38] (text), [39-44] ("Additional remarks")). 16 hand-coloured engraved plates after Edward Dalton Smith, by Smith and Weddell. (Most plates lightly offset onto facing text.) Original boards (backstrip torn, lightly spotted, small tears in endpapers).
FIRST EDITION in original condition, with the rare front blank. Fine Bird Books p.110; Nissen IVB 919; Zimmer p.620.