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LILFORD, Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron (1833-1896). Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands. London: Taylor & Francis for R.H. Porter, 1891-1897.
7 volumes, 8° (250 x 170mm). Mounted on guards throughout. Portrait frontispiece of the author, 421 chromolithographic or hand-coloured lithographic plates after Archibald Thorburn, J.G.Keulemans and others. (Some marginal spotting, appreciably affecting the image of about 20 plates.) Contemporary green half morocco, spines lettered in gilt, t.e.g. (spines very slightly faded). Provenance: Alfred Acland (armorial bookplate).
A fine copy of the second edition, limited to 450 copies. Anker 308; Fine Bird Books p.91; Nissen IVB 563. (7)
7 volumes, 8° (250 x 170mm). Mounted on guards throughout. Portrait frontispiece of the author, 421 chromolithographic or hand-coloured lithographic plates after Archibald Thorburn, J.G.Keulemans and others. (Some marginal spotting, appreciably affecting the image of about 20 plates.) Contemporary green half morocco, spines lettered in gilt, t.e.g. (spines very slightly faded). Provenance: Alfred Acland (armorial bookplate).
A fine copy of the second edition, limited to 450 copies. Anker 308; Fine Bird Books p.91; Nissen IVB 563. (7)