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SHAW, George (1751-1813) & Frederick Polydore NODDER. Vivarium Naturae... The Naturalist's Miscellany: or, coloured figures of natural objects. London: F.P.Nodder, [1789]-1790-1813.
24 volumes, 8° (228 x 137mm). Each volume with letterpress English and Latin dedicatory title-pages. 1064 hand-coloured engraved plates (8 folding) after and by Richard Nodder, uncoloured engraved plate of Shaw's tomb after Nodder by R.B.Peake, uncoloured engraved title by Nodder in vol.I. Contemporary red half morocco gilt (Small wormhole to upper joint of vol.IX, most spines slightly faded). Provenance: Major Maurice Portal.
A FINE SET OF THE FIRST EDITION. Nissen IVB 869; Anker 467; Fine Bird Books 107; Wood 565. (24)
24 volumes, 8° (228 x 137mm). Each volume with letterpress English and Latin dedicatory title-pages. 1064 hand-coloured engraved plates (8 folding) after and by Richard Nodder, uncoloured engraved plate of Shaw's tomb after Nodder by R.B.Peake, uncoloured engraved title by Nodder in vol.I. Contemporary red half morocco gilt (Small wormhole to upper joint of vol.IX, most spines slightly faded). Provenance: Major Maurice Portal.
A FINE SET OF THE FIRST EDITION. Nissen IVB 869; Anker 467; Fine Bird Books 107; Wood 565. (24)