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William Hayes (1735-1802), and other members of his family
Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, with their Descriptions, from the Menageries of Osterley Park. London: 'printed by W. Bulmer and Co. published for the author by R. Faulder', 1794-[1799]. 2 volumes in one, 4° (280 x 223mm). 100 hand-coloured etched and stipple- and line-engraved plates heightened with gum arabic by and after William and Matilda Hayes, 21 signed in ink by William Hayes or other members of his family, 2 titled in manuscript, 9 dated 1794 in manuscript. (Occasional light offsetting or browning, a few plates lightly spotted or shaved with slight loss of title or image, lacking frontispiece and volume II title and dedication.) Contemporary straight-grained red morocco gilt, single gilt fillet borders on covers, spine gilt in 6 compartments, titled in one, the others decorated with fleurons and rules, gilt edges (extremities a little rubbed, corners lightly bumped). Provenance: Henry Bower F.S.A. (armorial bookplate).
'ONE OF THE FAMOUS, EARLY COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORNITHOLOGY' (Wood), with plates signed by William and other members of the Hayes family. The plates are after drawings by William Hayes commissioned by Robert Child of Osterley Park and together 'form a record of a unique collection and add some colored pictures of foreign species to the small number then available. Hayes was the first author systematically to record a single private collection of live birds; such a project was not attempted again until 1846' (Jackson Bird Etchings, p.135). In his 'Advertisement', William Hayes states that, although he did not intend to publish these drawings, 'having so large a family, all under my roof, and dependant on my labours, and having only a precarious income, determinable on my decease', he felt it necessary to make some provision for their future. Of Hayes's 21 children, seven are credited with assisting in the production of the present work, which was also intended to demonstrate their 'early genius' to the public, and in the present work plates have been signed by William, Ann, Annette, Charles, Emily and Matilda Hays. As Jackson notes, each book was assembled as demanded, using extant and re-etched plates and new images, coloured and sometimes signed by different members of the family, resulting in 'a unique collection of plates and text' (p.128). BM(NH) II, p.805; Brunet III, 64; Fine Bird Books (1990) p.105; Mullens and Swann pp.287-288; Nissen IVB 422; Wood p.381 (lacking volume II title ?and dedication); Zimmer p.294 (also lacking frontispiece and volume II title and dedication).
Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, with their Descriptions, from the Menageries of Osterley Park. London: 'printed by W. Bulmer and Co. published for the author by R. Faulder', 1794-[1799]. 2 volumes in one, 4° (280 x 223mm). 100 hand-coloured etched and stipple- and line-engraved plates heightened with gum arabic by and after William and Matilda Hayes, 21 signed in ink by William Hayes or other members of his family, 2 titled in manuscript, 9 dated 1794 in manuscript. (Occasional light offsetting or browning, a few plates lightly spotted or shaved with slight loss of title or image, lacking frontispiece and volume II title and dedication.) Contemporary straight-grained red morocco gilt, single gilt fillet borders on covers, spine gilt in 6 compartments, titled in one, the others decorated with fleurons and rules, gilt edges (extremities a little rubbed, corners lightly bumped). Provenance: Henry Bower F.S.A. (armorial bookplate).
'ONE OF THE FAMOUS, EARLY COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORNITHOLOGY' (Wood), with plates signed by William and other members of the Hayes family. The plates are after drawings by William Hayes commissioned by Robert Child of Osterley Park and together 'form a record of a unique collection and add some colored pictures of foreign species to the small number then available. Hayes was the first author systematically to record a single private collection of live birds; such a project was not attempted again until 1846' (Jackson Bird Etchings, p.135). In his 'Advertisement', William Hayes states that, although he did not intend to publish these drawings, 'having so large a family, all under my roof, and dependant on my labours, and having only a precarious income, determinable on my decease', he felt it necessary to make some provision for their future. Of Hayes's 21 children, seven are credited with assisting in the production of the present work, which was also intended to demonstrate their 'early genius' to the public, and in the present work plates have been signed by William, Ann, Annette, Charles, Emily and Matilda Hays. As Jackson notes, each book was assembled as demanded, using extant and re-etched plates and new images, coloured and sometimes signed by different members of the family, resulting in 'a unique collection of plates and text' (p.128). BM(NH) II, p.805; Brunet III, 64; Fine Bird Books (1990) p.105; Mullens and Swann pp.287-288; Nissen IVB 422; Wood p.381 (lacking volume II title ?and dedication); Zimmer p.294 (also lacking frontispiece and volume II title and dedication).
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