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HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel (1810-79) & John Obadiah WESTWOOD (1805-93). British Butterflies and their Transformations. London: Wm. S. Orr & Co., 1849. 4° (276 x 212mm). Additional hand-coloured wood-engraved title, 42 hand-coloured plates by Henry Noel Humphries. (Occasional spotting and staining). Contemporary half calf gilt. (Rubbed and scuffed, more heavily at corners). FIRST EDITION. Nissen ZBI 2049.
THORBURN, Archibald. British Mammals. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1920-21. 2 volumes, 4° (311 x 265mm). Titles printed in red and black, 50 coloured plates by Archibald Thorburn, illustrations. Original red cloth gilt (vol. one slightly faded, some very light staining), g.e. Nissen ZBI 4128.
SHAW, George (1751-1813). Zoological Lectures, delivered at the Royal Institution. London: G. Kearsley, 1809. 2 volumes, 8° (212 x 136mm). Engraved vignettes on titles, 162 plates only (of 167, occasional staining and spotting). Later half library cloth gilt. Nissen ZBI 3837.
With Shirley Hibberd's New and Rare Beautiful-Leaved Plants (London, 1870), Francis Day's British and Irish Salmonidae (London, 1887), and another work in 4 vols. (11)
THORBURN, Archibald. British Mammals. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1920-21. 2 volumes, 4° (311 x 265mm). Titles printed in red and black, 50 coloured plates by Archibald Thorburn, illustrations. Original red cloth gilt (vol. one slightly faded, some very light staining), g.e. Nissen ZBI 4128.
SHAW, George (1751-1813). Zoological Lectures, delivered at the Royal Institution. London: G. Kearsley, 1809. 2 volumes, 8° (212 x 136mm). Engraved vignettes on titles, 162 plates only (of 167, occasional staining and spotting). Later half library cloth gilt. Nissen ZBI 3837.
With Shirley Hibberd's New and Rare Beautiful-Leaved Plants (London, 1870), Francis Day's British and Irish Salmonidae (London, 1887), and another work in 4 vols. (11)
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