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COTTON, John (1801-1849). The Song Birds of Great Britain. London: printed by Samuel Bentley [for the author], 1836.
2 parts in one volume, 8° (238 x 146mm). 33 engraved plates after Charles Collins, hand-coloured by Cotton and his sister-in-law. Contemporary green morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, gilt turn-ins, g.e.
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, later issue. All issues of this work printed for private circulation are rare. It is "much esteemed for the fidelity and beauty of its... plates" (Mullens and Swann). The first part deals with resident song-birds, the second with summer migrants. Fine Bird Books p.68; Mullens and Swann p.149; Nissen IVB 206.
2 parts in one volume, 8° (238 x 146mm). 33 engraved plates after Charles Collins, hand-coloured by Cotton and his sister-in-law. Contemporary green morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, gilt turn-ins, g.e.
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, later issue. All issues of this work printed for private circulation are rare. It is "much esteemed for the fidelity and beauty of its... plates" (Mullens and Swann). The first part deals with resident song-birds, the second with summer migrants. Fine Bird Books p.68; Mullens and Swann p.149; Nissen IVB 206.