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MORRIS, Francis Orpen. A History of British Birds, London: Groombridge and Sons, 1851-7. 6 volumes, 8°, 357 hand-coloured plates only (lacking plate 132, occasional light spotting and offsetting), contemporary calf, spines with gilt decoration and 2 calf labels (sunfaded, rubbed and scuffed), bookplates of Iain Ramsay of Kildalton. FIRST EDITION. Mullins & Swann p.417; Nissen IVB 645.
MORRIS, Francis Orpen. A Natural History of British Moths, London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861-70. 4 volumes, 8°, 132 coloured plates (one or two light spots, occasional marginal waterstaining), contemporary green half morocco by William Brown, Edinburgh, spines with raised bands and lettered in gilt in 2 compartments (lightly rubbed), t.e.g., bookplates of Iain Ramsay of Kildalton. FIRST EDITION. Nissen ZBI 2893.
SAMOUELLE, George. The Entomologist's Useful Compendium ..., London: for Thomas Boys, 1819. 8°, 12 hand-coloured plates (short tear to p.25, occasional light spotting), contemporary calf, spine with raised bands and gilt in compartments, calf label (rubbed with losses). FIRST EDITION. Nissen ZBI 3558.
With Francis Orpen Morris' A History of British Butterflies (London, 1857), the same author's A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds (London, 1853-56, 3 volumes), R. Kearton's British Birds' Nests (London, 1895), and 2 volumes of William Jardine's Naturalist's Library (Edinburgh, ca. 1840). (18)
MORRIS, Francis Orpen. A Natural History of British Moths, London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861-70. 4 volumes, 8°, 132 coloured plates (one or two light spots, occasional marginal waterstaining), contemporary green half morocco by William Brown, Edinburgh, spines with raised bands and lettered in gilt in 2 compartments (lightly rubbed), t.e.g., bookplates of Iain Ramsay of Kildalton. FIRST EDITION. Nissen ZBI 2893.
SAMOUELLE, George. The Entomologist's Useful Compendium ..., London: for Thomas Boys, 1819. 8°, 12 hand-coloured plates (short tear to p.25, occasional light spotting), contemporary calf, spine with raised bands and gilt in compartments, calf label (rubbed with losses). FIRST EDITION. Nissen ZBI 3558.
With Francis Orpen Morris' A History of British Butterflies (London, 1857), the same author's A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds (London, 1853-56, 3 volumes), R. Kearton's British Birds' Nests (London, 1895), and 2 volumes of William Jardine's Naturalist's Library (Edinburgh, ca. 1840). (18)
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