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[HAYES, CHARLES. THE PORTRAITS OF BRITISH BIRDS, LONDON: N. P., 1822]. 4° (278 X 217MM). MANUSCRIPT TITLE, 24PP. OF PRINTED TEXT ON 12 LEAVES, DESCRIBING 24 BIRDS (2 LEAVES WATERMARKED 1808), 4 HAND-COLOURED ETCHED PLATES BY HAYES, EACH WITHIN AN INK-RULED BORDER, (ONE WATERMARKED 1807). (SMALL MARGINAL TEARS IN PP AND 17/18.) 20TH-CENTURY RED HALF MOROCCO GILT.
A RARE, POSSIBLY UNIQUE, FRAGMENT OF A WORK WHICH, UP TO NOW, HAS ONLY BEEN KNOWN TO CONTAIN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS AND NOT ETCHINGS, AS HERE. THE WORK WAS PROBABLY NEVER COMPLETED AND IS KNOWN ONLY FROM FRAGMENTS CONTAINING VARYING NUMBERS OF ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND TEXT LEAVES; THE LARGEST RECORDED SELECTION CONSISTS OF 144 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS AND 72 LEAVES OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT. NISSEN IVB 420; WOOD P.503.
A RARE, POSSIBLY UNIQUE, FRAGMENT OF A WORK WHICH, UP TO NOW, HAS ONLY BEEN KNOWN TO CONTAIN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS AND NOT ETCHINGS, AS HERE. THE WORK WAS PROBABLY NEVER COMPLETED AND IS KNOWN ONLY FROM FRAGMENTS CONTAINING VARYING NUMBERS OF ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND TEXT LEAVES; THE LARGEST RECORDED SELECTION CONSISTS OF 144 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS AND 72 LEAVES OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT. NISSEN IVB 420; WOOD P.503.
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