MORRIS, Francis Orpen. A History of British Birds, London: Groombridge and Sons, 1851-57. 6 volumes, 8, 358 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates (occasional light staining and spotting), original pictorial cloth gilt (vol. I lacking most of spine, others frayed and rubbed). FIRST EDITION.

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MORRIS, Francis Orpen. A History of British Birds, London: Groombridge and Sons, 1851-57. 6 volumes, 8, 358 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates (occasional light staining and spotting), original pictorial cloth gilt (vol. I lacking most of spine, others frayed and rubbed). FIRST EDITION.

With the same author's A History of British Butterflies (London, 1853, rather worn) and Thomas Bewick's A History of British Birds (Newcastle, 1805, 2 vols.). (9)

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