BROWN, Peter (fl.1776). New Illustrations of Zoology. London: for B. White, 1776. 4° (283 x 226mm). 50 hand-coloured engraved plates after the author, titles and text in English and French (frontispiece very lightly soiled and with a short tear in lower, blank, margin, occasional very light spotting and soiling). Early 19th-century red straight-grained morocco, spine gilt in compartments, greek key gilt border and a blindstamped border round sides, gilt edges (hinges and corners lightly rubbed). Provenance: Viscount Monsell (oval book-label). FIRST EDITION. 42 of the plates depict birds, 5 mammals, 2 insects and one amphibians. Nissen IV 151; Zimmer p.101; Wood p.264.