![NATURAL HISTORY & SPORTING -- BUTLER, Arthur G. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, order passeres ... illustrated by H. Grünvold and F.W. Frohawk. London: [1908]. 2 vols, 4°. Chromolithographic plates. Modern red half crushed morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. [With:] BUFFON, G.L., Comte de. Oeuvres Complètes ... nouvelle édition. Paris: 1828-9. 26 vols, 8°. Engraved plates. Contemporary green roan backed marbled-paper covered boards (spines lightly faded, extremities lightly rubbed). [With:] SURTEES, R. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour; Mr. Romford's Hounds; Handley Cross; Hawbuck Grange; Ask Mama; Plain or Ringlets? ... with illustrations by John Leech, H.K. Browne, etc. London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co, [n.d.]. 6 vols, 8°. Hand-coloured plates. Early 20th-century red half calf, gilt spines, top edges gilt. And 5 other natural history vols, 2 in calf prize bindings. (39)](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2010/CSK/2010_CSK_05682_1041_000(natural_history_sporting_--_butler_arthur_g_birds_of_great_britain_and022840).jpg?w=1)
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NATURAL HISTORY & SPORTING -- BUTLER, Arthur G. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, order passeres ... illustrated by H. Grünvold and F.W. Frohawk. London: [1908]. 2 vols, 4°. Chromolithographic plates. Modern red half crushed morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. [With:] BUFFON, G.L., Comte de. Oeuvres Complètes ... nouvelle édition. Paris: 1828-9. 26 vols, 8°. Engraved plates. Contemporary green roan backed marbled-paper covered boards (spines lightly faded, extremities lightly rubbed). [With:] SURTEES, R. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour; Mr. Romford's Hounds; Handley Cross; Hawbuck Grange; Ask Mama; Plain or Ringlets? ... with illustrations by John Leech, H.K. Browne, etc. London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co, [n.d.]. 6 vols, 8°. Hand-coloured plates. Early 20th-century red half calf, gilt spines, top edges gilt. And 5 other natural history vols, 2 in calf prize bindings. (39)
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