Folio Society Group of deluxe limited editions, natural history comprising: Illustrations of Birds Drawn for John Gould by Edward Lear. Collected and Introduced by David Attenborough, 2012. One of 780 copies signed by David Attenborough, large folio, original black goatskin gilt, colour plates, duplicate of the Eagle Owl plate laid in, original solander box; Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise ... by R. Bowdler Sharpe ... The Plate, with a Foreword by David Attenborough, 2011. One of 1,000 copies, large folio, original green quarter goatskin, large pictorial block in orange and gilt to front board, pale mottling to rear board, original solander box (faintly marked); The Temple of Flora [by Robert Thornton], 2008. One of 600 copies, large folio, original green quarter goatskin, in original solander box with Commentary volume (4to) inset, duplicate plate (Tulips) laid in; The Herefordshire Pomona, 2014. One of 980 copies, 2 volumes, 4to, original green quarter goatskin (plate volume) and original green cloth (text), 4 duplicate plates laid in, original solander box (4)

Note: The limitation leaf in The Temple of Flora cites 1,980 copies printed, but a letter from the Folio Society accompanying the lot reads: 'Of the original printing of 1,980, only 600 will be published as bound books; the remainder will be issued as sets of floral plates later this year, and will not bear a limitation number'.