DONOVAN, EDWARD. The Naturalist's Repository, or Miscellany of Exotic Natural History, exhibiting rare and beautiful specimens of Foreign Birds, Insects, Shells, Quadrupeds, Fishes, and Marine Productions. London: for the author, and Simpkin & Marshall 1834 [plates watermarked 1821 and 1824]. 5 vols., 8vo, 249 x 155mm. (9 3/4 x 6 1/16in.), original grained green cloth, printed paper spine labels, uncut, backstrip of vol. 1 torn across, joints of vol. 2 broken, labels worn, occasional offsetting, mostly to text, a few slight stains, some sheets darkened, a few detached. FIRST EDITION, second issue with the 1834 title-pages (originally issued in parts from 1823 to 1827), 180 hand-colored engraved plates by and after Donovan, 4pp. "Advertisement" dated Lambeth 1823 at front after title of vol. 1. Ayer/Zimmer 176; Ellis/Mengel 701; Fine Bird Books, p. 72; McGill/Wood, p. 323; Nissen IVB 259.