A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS By REV F O MORRIS B. A - 6 VOLS 394 COL PLTS
Item History & Price
A History of British Birds. Fourth edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged. With three hundred and ninety-four plates coloured by hand
London, John C. Nimmo, 1895-97. Royal-8vo (265 x 175mm). With 394 fine hand-coloured plates. The first edition appeared in 1851-57 in monthly parts. 'A good feature of the work is the many figures of British birds shown on its hand-coloured plates, for which the woodblocks were originally engraved by the printer of the first edition, B. Fawcett, la...rgely from drawings by Richard Alington' (Anker). A very fine and partly unopened copy of this popular work which went through many editions.
For sale the complete set of all six volumes of the books entitled A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, fourth edition, by Francis Orwin Morris, with 394 plates coloured by hand. Published circa 1895 by John C Nimmo in London. Fourth Edition newly revised, corrected and enlarged.
OVERALL A GOOD SET
London, John C. Nimmo, 1895-97. Royal-8vo (265 x 175mm). With 394 fine hand-coloured plates. The first edition appeared in 1851-57 in monthly parts. 'A good feature of the work is the many figures of British birds shown on its hand-coloured plates, for which the woodblocks were originally engraved by the printer of the first edition, B. Fawcett, la...rgely from drawings by Richard Alington' (Anker). A very fine and partly unopened copy of this popular work which went through many editions.
For sale the complete set of all six volumes of the books entitled A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, fourth edition, by Francis Orwin Morris, with 394 plates coloured by hand. Published circa 1895 by John C Nimmo in London. Fourth Edition newly revised, corrected and enlarged.
OVERALL A GOOD SET
