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Natural History
11:00 AM PT - Nov 11th, 2008

 

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MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-1893). A History of Br

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MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-1893). A History of British Birds.
London: Groombridge, 1863-1862-1864. 6 volumes, large 8vo (251 x 154 mm). 358 plates printed in colors from woodblocks and finished by hand, by Benjamin Fawcett. Original green cloth, blocked in gilt and blind. Condition: some spotting to first and last few leaves in each volume and about 20 other plates, some light old dampstaining to vol.V; some soiling, spines faded and chipped at head and foot, repair to head of spine of vol.I. An early issue of this famous popular and definitive work. Mullens & Swann p.417; Nissen IVB 645. (6)

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