DRESSER, Henry Eeles. Eggs of the Birds of Europe, London: published by the author, [1905]-10, 2 volumes, 4° (315 x 215mm.), 106 coloured half tone plates, illustrations, original cloth gilt, original wrappers bound in at the end of volume II (spines faded, head and tail of spines bumped, joints tender), t.e.g. [Nissen 268; Wood, p. 324; Zimmer I, p. 179], bookplate of William H. Workman. (2)

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DRESSER, Henry Eeles. Eggs of the Birds of Europe, London: published by the author, [1905]-10, 2 volumes, 4° (315 x 215mm.), 106 coloured half tone plates, illustrations, original cloth gilt, original wrappers bound in at the end of volume II (spines faded, head and tail of spines bumped, joints tender), t.e.g. [Nissen 268; Wood, p. 324; Zimmer I, p. 179], bookplate of William H. Workman. (2)

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Dresser gives a detailed account "of the nesting habits and breeding ranges of European birds with half-tones of the nests and nesting sites; also coloured figures of the eggs ad naturam". (Wood)

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