細節
[BOLTON, James (d. 1799)]. Harmonia Ruralis; or, An essay towards a Natural History of British Song Birds. London: for W.T. Gilling, 1824.
2 volumes, 4° (275 x 203mm). Frontispiece and 80 hand-coloured etched plates by and after Bolton. (Occasional light spotting mainly in text, light offsetting.) Publisher's dark blue half sheep, front covers with printed paper labels, flat spines lettered up the spine in gilt (extremities rubbed, spine head of vol. 2 chipped off).
Second edition. The plates were re-lettered for this edition, and are noted for being much more finely coloured than those of the first edition. Bolton was a self-taught naturalist, living near Halifax, York, who drew and etched all his own illustrations. The text expands Bolton's original, and includes a table compiled by Daines Barrington awarding 17 different song birds marks out of 20 on a scale of merit for 'mellowness of tone', 'sprightly notes', 'plaintive notes', 'compass' and 'execution'. Ellis 309; Fine Bird Books p. 60; Graesse I, 478; Mullens and Swann p. 79; Nissen IVB 115; Zimmer p. 64. (2)
2 volumes, 4° (275 x 203mm). Frontispiece and 80 hand-coloured etched plates by and after Bolton. (Occasional light spotting mainly in text, light offsetting.) Publisher's dark blue half sheep, front covers with printed paper labels, flat spines lettered up the spine in gilt (extremities rubbed, spine head of vol. 2 chipped off).
Second edition. The plates were re-lettered for this edition, and are noted for being much more finely coloured than those of the first edition. Bolton was a self-taught naturalist, living near Halifax, York, who drew and etched all his own illustrations. The text expands Bolton's original, and includes a table compiled by Daines Barrington awarding 17 different song birds marks out of 20 on a scale of merit for 'mellowness of tone', 'sprightly notes', 'plaintive notes', 'compass' and 'execution'. Ellis 309; Fine Bird Books p. 60; Graesse I, 478; Mullens and Swann p. 79; Nissen IVB 115; Zimmer p. 64. (2)
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