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LILFORD Lord (Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron Lilford, 1833-

Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands

R.H. Porter, 1885-1897

2800.00 €

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Year of publication
1885-1897
Place of printing
London
Author
LILFORD Lord (Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron Lilford, 1833-
Publishers
R.H. Porter
Keyword
Ottocento e Novecento
State of preservation
Good
Languages
Italian
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Used

Description

7 volumes (249x160 mm). xxxix, [112]; ix, 120; ix, 130; ix, 154; ix, 138; ix, 150; ix, 170 pp. With autograph portrait of the author as a frontispiece to volume 1 and 421 chromolithograph plates by Thorburn and Keulemans mounted on linen guards. With an additional loose plate in volume 3: an improved version of pl. 59. Contemporary three-quarter red morocco gilt, marbled endleaves (R.H. Porter). Armorial bookplates of John Cavendish Orred of Tranmore and of the British Ornithologists' Union (Lewis Balfour Bequest). First edition of “perhaps the finest and most perfect ornithological iconography” (Nissen). The work was issued in 36 parts to subscribers between October 1885 and January 1898. The work was completed after Lord Lilford's death by Osbert Salvin. Anker, 308; Freeman, British Natural History Books, 2244; Nissen, IVB, 563; Sitwell, Fine Bird Books, p. 119.