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SAUNDERS, Howard. Manual of British Birds ... One Volume extended to Six by the Addition of nearly 500 Coloured Plates of Birds and Eggs. London: Gurney and Jackson, 1889. One volume extended to 6, 8° (220 x 135mm). Wood-engraved illustrations, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with c.500 plates of birds and eggs, errata leaf in vol. one (occasional mainly marginal spotting), green crushed morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, spines gilt in compartments, top edges gilt. Provenance: Robert Clayton (armorial bookplate).
Thomas BEWICK. Works, London: Bernard Quaritch, 1885-1887. 5 volumes, 8° (250 x 150mm). Wood-engraved illustrations after Thomas Bewick. Contemporary half brown morocco gilt, spines gilt in compartments, top edges gilt (lightly rubbed). MEMORIAL EDITION. NO. 525 OF 750 COPIES. together with Henry Seebohm A History of British Birds (London, 1883-85, 4 vols.), bound in morocco and calf respectively. (15)
Thomas BEWICK. Works, London: Bernard Quaritch, 1885-1887. 5 volumes, 8° (250 x 150mm). Wood-engraved illustrations after Thomas Bewick. Contemporary half brown morocco gilt, spines gilt in compartments, top edges gilt (lightly rubbed). MEMORIAL EDITION. NO. 525 OF 750 COPIES. together with Henry Seebohm A History of British Birds (London, 1883-85, 4 vols.), bound in morocco and calf respectively. (15)
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