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Meyer (H. L.) Illustrations of British Birds

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Meyer (Henry Leonard) Illustrations of British Birds,
4 vol., lithographed titles and plate lists, 320 hand-coloured lithographed plates, tissue guards, occasional foxing, contemporary morocco, g.e., rubbed, spines faded, vol. I upper joint split at foot, [Nissen 627; Sitwell p.123; Wood p.462], folio, [1835-41].

***This issue with no dates on title-pages. As is usual, not all of the plates called for in the lists of contents are present. "With the possible exception of Lord Lilford's Birds, this is the finest and most complete atlas of portraits of British avifauna (with their eggs) ever published." Wood.

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Bloomsbury Auctions 25th Anniversary Sale
3:00 AM PT - May 15th, 2008

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