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DRESSER, HENRY EELES. A History of the Birds of Europe, including all the Species inhabiting the Western Palearctic Region. London: Published by the author 1871-96. 9 vols. including Supplement, folio, twentieth-century red half morocco gilt, t.e.g. by R.H. Porter, some minor wear to extremities, very occasional foxing or spotting to plates. Letterpress titles followed by pictorial wood-engraved titles, 721 handcolored and 2 plain lithographed plates by Hanhart, Walter and Mintern mostly after John Gerrard Keulemans, a few after Joseph Wolf, E. Neale and A. Thorburn (in Supplement), plate and pagination numbers in neat pencil in vols. 1-8, plate numbers only stamped in Supplement. Zimmer 177; Nissen 267; Anker 120; Fine Bird Books, p. 72; Ellis 711 ("A monumental and basic work, not only of great beauty but also still of considerable utility...nothing of comparable thoroughness has been attempted since."). (duPont) (9)
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DRESSER, HENRY EELES. A History of the Birds of Europe, including all the Species inhabiting the Western Palearctic Region. London: Published by the author 1871-96. 9 vols. including Supplement, folio, twentieth-century red half morocco gilt, t.e.g. by R.H. Porter, some minor wear to extremities, very occasional foxing or spotting to plates. Letterpress titles followed by pictorial wood-engraved titles, 721 handcolored and 2 plain lithographed plates by Hanhart, Walter and Mintern mostly after John Gerrard Keulemans, a few after Joseph Wolf, E. Neale and A. Thorburn (in Supplement), plate and pagination numbers in neat pencil in vols. 1-8, plate numbers only stamped in Supplement. Zimmer 177; Nissen 267; Anker 120; Fine Bird Books, p. 72; Ellis 711 ("A monumental and basic work, not only of great beauty but also still of considerable utility...nothing of comparable thoroughness has been attempted since."). (duPont) (9)