Lot 25
  • 25

Meyer, Henry Leonard.

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1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description

  • Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and their Eggs. London: George Nickisson, 1842–1857, 7 volumes, 322 hand-coloured lithographed plates of birds, 8 uncoloured plates, 101 (of 105) hand-coloured lithographed plates of eggs, contemporary green calf gilt, [Nissen IVB 628; Wood p.462], lacks 4 plates of eggs, some rubbing to binding
Morris, Francis Orpen. A History of British Birds. London: Groombridge and Sons, 1851, 6 volumes, 358 hand-coloured plates, contemporary half calf, [Nissen IVB 645], some rubbing and soiling to bindings



Ibid. A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds. London: Groombridge and Sons, 1855--1856, 3 volumes, 225 hand-coloured plates, plate 49 in 2 states, autograph letter signed by Morris tipped in at front of first volume, binding uniform with above, some spotting, vol.1 lacks title



Bree, Charles Robert. A History of the Birds of Europe not observed in the British Isles. London: George Bell and Sons, 1875–1876, second edition, 4 volumes, 253 wood-engraved plates of birds and eggs, all but one coloured by hand, contemporary green half morocco, [Nissen IVB 136], binding rubbed at edges



Together 20 volumes, 8vo