MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-93).  A History of British Birds. London: 1903. 6 volumes, large 8°. Hand-coloured wood-engraved plates. Contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt with bird motifs in the compartments, top edges gilt (spines faded). Nissen IVB 645.
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MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-93). A History of British Birds. London: 1903. 6 volumes, large 8°. Hand-coloured wood-engraved plates. Contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt with bird motifs in the compartments, top edges gilt (spines faded). Nissen IVB 645.

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MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-93). A History of British Birds. London: 1903. 6 volumes, large 8°. Hand-coloured wood-engraved plates. Contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt with bird motifs in the compartments, top edges gilt (spines faded). Nissen IVB 645.

With the same author's A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds (London, 1896, 3 vols.), uniformly-bound. (9)
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