William Hayes | Birds, 1773

William Hayes

Birds. [1773]

Folio (530 x 346mm.), 40 hand-coloured engraved and etched plates (of which 1 folding), contemporary purple half morocco, small hole at lower margin of plate 5 (not affecting illustration), repair to verso of plate 33, a few small closed tears at lower margins, light scattered spotting and browning, dampstaining to boards, extremities rubbed

This work contains 40 finely coloured plates, mostly hand signed by Hayes himself. His Natural history of British birds ([1770-]1775) contained 40 plates as well as a title-page and 24 pages of text; the copy contains only plates.

LITERATURE:

Natural History of British Birds: Fine Bird Books, p. 80; McGill/Wood p. 381; Nissen IVB 421; Zimmer 293