BARLOW, FRANCIS. Various Birds and Beasts Drawn from the Life. London: for T. Bowles, John Bowles & Son, Robert Sayer, n.d. [c. 1760]. Oblong folio, 243 x 380mm. (9 9/16 x 14 15/16 in.), modern quarter calf, title-leaf severely chipped and mounted on heavy paper, the last two plates each with a repaired marginal tear just entering platemarks, a few other marginal tears and repairs, slight discoloration from showthrough. 67 etched plates, including general title and five section titles, by various engravers after Barlow. Ellis/Mengel 163; Nissen IVB 76 (other editions). H. Bradley Martin, bookplate (sale, Sotheby's New York, 12 December 1989, lot 1357).

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BARLOW, FRANCIS. Various Birds and Beasts Drawn from the Life. London: for T. Bowles, John Bowles & Son, Robert Sayer, n.d. [c. 1760]. Oblong folio, 243 x 380mm. (9 9/16 x 14 15/16 in.), modern quarter calf, title-leaf severely chipped and mounted on heavy paper, the last two plates each with a repaired marginal tear just entering platemarks, a few other marginal tears and repairs, slight discoloration from showthrough. 67 etched plates, including general title and five section titles, by various engravers after Barlow. Ellis/Mengel 163; Nissen IVB 76 (other editions). H. Bradley Martin, bookplate (sale, Sotheby's New York, 12 December 1989, lot 1357).

This undated collection of Barlow's etchings must have been printed after 1754, when the partnership of John Bowles and Son was formed, and before 1764, when it was dissolved (cf. Ellis/Mengel).