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MEYER, Henry Leonard (1797-1865). Game Birds and their Localities, accompanied by useful notes to sportsmen. London: Ackermann & Co., [1848?].
Oblong 4° (213 x 275mm). 6 hand-coloured lithographed plates by and after Meyer, original tan upper wrapper bound-in as title. (Small tears to first (blank) leaf, one reapired with adhesive tape.) Later red half morocco, title in gilt on spine (extremities a trifle scuffed).
FIRST EDITION OF A WORK THAT IS "EXCESSIVELY RARE" (Schwerdt). Ackermann's are not usually associated with the publishing of natural history titles: they presumably viewed the present work more from the point-of-view of the sportsman than the ornithologist. Originally issued in wrappers with the title in green on the upper cover and an advertisment for Meyer's Coloured Illustrations of British Birds and their Eggs on the lower. Mullens and Swann p.404; Nissen IVB 629; Schwerdt IV, p.64.
Oblong 4° (213 x 275mm). 6 hand-coloured lithographed plates by and after Meyer, original tan upper wrapper bound-in as title. (Small tears to first (blank) leaf, one reapired with adhesive tape.) Later red half morocco, title in gilt on spine (extremities a trifle scuffed).
FIRST EDITION OF A WORK THAT IS "EXCESSIVELY RARE" (Schwerdt). Ackermann's are not usually associated with the publishing of natural history titles: they presumably viewed the present work more from the point-of-view of the sportsman than the ornithologist. Originally issued in wrappers with the title in green on the upper cover and an advertisment for Meyer's Coloured Illustrations of British Birds and their Eggs on the lower. Mullens and Swann p.404; Nissen IVB 629; Schwerdt IV, p.64.