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BOOTH, Edward Thomas (1840-1890). Rough Notes on the Birds Observed... in the British Islands. London: Taylor and Francis for R. H. Porter and Dulau and Co., 1881-1887.
3 volumes, folio (424 x 331 mm). 2pp. letterpress “Temporary Introduction” and 14 letterpress section titles bound into Vol.3. 114 hand-colored lithographic plates after Edward Neale, 2 hand-colored maps. (A few pale spots, primarily to text.) Contemporary red half morocco, marbled boards (spines slightly darkened, some very minor rubbing.)
FIRST EDITION of this “series of well written field notes accompanied by good plates” (Anker). Booth, a wealthy ornithologist and sportsman, issued his work in 15 parts designed to be bound in 3 volumes. The work favors specimens from the Scottish Highlands and Norfolk Broads, lithographed by Neale based on specimens which Booth prepared, stuffed, and cased himself; he took great care to present the birds in a characteristic manner and in the correct habitat. His specimens formed the basis of a private museum in Dyke Road, Bright, built by Booth and later bequeathed to the Corporation of Brighton; he prepared a catalogue for the museum in 1876. Anker/Copenhagen 51 (“beautiful plates”); Ayer/Zimmer pp.79-81; Fine Bird Books (1990 ed.) p.79; Nissen IVB 121.
3 volumes, folio (424 x 331 mm). 2pp. letterpress “Temporary Introduction” and 14 letterpress section titles bound into Vol.3. 114 hand-colored lithographic plates after Edward Neale, 2 hand-colored maps. (A few pale spots, primarily to text.) Contemporary red half morocco, marbled boards (spines slightly darkened, some very minor rubbing.)
FIRST EDITION of this “series of well written field notes accompanied by good plates” (Anker). Booth, a wealthy ornithologist and sportsman, issued his work in 15 parts designed to be bound in 3 volumes. The work favors specimens from the Scottish Highlands and Norfolk Broads, lithographed by Neale based on specimens which Booth prepared, stuffed, and cased himself; he took great care to present the birds in a characteristic manner and in the correct habitat. His specimens formed the basis of a private museum in Dyke Road, Bright, built by Booth and later bequeathed to the Corporation of Brighton; he prepared a catalogue for the museum in 1876. Anker/Copenhagen 51 (“beautiful plates”); Ayer/Zimmer pp.79-81; Fine Bird Books (1990 ed.) p.79; Nissen IVB 121.