An edition of A natural history of British birds (1775)

A natural history of British birds

&c. with their portraits, accurately drawn, and beautifully coloured from nature

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An edition of A natural history of British birds (1775)

A natural history of British birds

&c. with their portraits, accurately drawn, and beautifully coloured from nature

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Language
English
Pages
40

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Edition Notes

With forty coloured plates and an engraved dedication, printed labels on each plate.

The text probably by William Hayes.

Plates are hand-colored.

English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT124955.

Anker, J. Bird books and bird art, no. 198

Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., p. 293-4

extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX

SCNHRB copy (39088015706906) imperfect: lacking t.p., with only 20 of the plates (1 double); one of the plates dated 1766.

SCNHRB copy has armorial bookplate, S. Jolliffe Tufnell.

SCNHRB copy quarter bound in recent brown goatskin and tan cloth, title in gilt on spine.

Published in
London

Classifications

Library of Congress
QL690.G7 H38

The Physical Object

Pagination
[2], 24 p., [40] leaves of plates :
Number of pages
40

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25479020M
Internet Archive
naturalhistoryB00Haye
OCLC/WorldCat
6939788

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