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HUNT, John (1777-1842?). British Ornithology; containing portraits of all the British Birds including those of Foreign Origin which have become domesticated. Norwich: Bacon & Co., 1815-1822
3 volumes, 8° (206 x 135mm). 3 engraved titles (shaved), 4 anatomical plates, 8 uncoloured plates and 180 hand-coloured engraved plates by and after Hunt, extra-illustrated with a duplicate of the Bee-eater plate, a hand-coloured lithograph of an Avocet not by Hunt, a 2pp.als from James Reeves, a 1p. als from Joseph Clarke to Henry Stevenson (both concerning this work). (Title to vol.I replaced with a vol.III title with numeral altered to I, occasional paper discolouration). Later blue half morocco, spines gilt, g.e. Provenance: Henry Stevenson (letters (see above), manuscript bibliographical and biographical notes in vols.I and III, sold to:); Thomas L.Powys, LORD LILFORD (inscription, dated 1888, in vol.I).
FIRST EDITION, VERY RARE, WITH A DISTINGUISHED PROVENANCE. The work was never finished, the text ends in mid-sentence in vol. III and there follow 78 plates without text. Copies vary in the number of plates. Apparently it was intended that the work should include 200 plates, but this copy has the maximum number of recorded plates (including the rare uncoloured plates) and all the text that was published. Mullens & Swann p.305; Zimmer p.315; Nissen IVB 464. (3)
3 volumes, 8° (206 x 135mm). 3 engraved titles (shaved), 4 anatomical plates, 8 uncoloured plates and 180 hand-coloured engraved plates by and after Hunt, extra-illustrated with a duplicate of the Bee-eater plate, a hand-coloured lithograph of an Avocet not by Hunt, a 2pp.als from James Reeves, a 1p. als from Joseph Clarke to Henry Stevenson (both concerning this work). (Title to vol.I replaced with a vol.III title with numeral altered to I, occasional paper discolouration). Later blue half morocco, spines gilt, g.e. Provenance: Henry Stevenson (letters (see above), manuscript bibliographical and biographical notes in vols.I and III, sold to:); Thomas L.Powys, LORD LILFORD (inscription, dated 1888, in vol.I).
FIRST EDITION, VERY RARE, WITH A DISTINGUISHED PROVENANCE. The work was never finished, the text ends in mid-sentence in vol. III and there follow 78 plates without text. Copies vary in the number of plates. Apparently it was intended that the work should include 200 plates, but this copy has the maximum number of recorded plates (including the rare uncoloured plates) and all the text that was published. Mullens & Swann p.305; Zimmer p.315; Nissen IVB 464. (3)