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MILLAIS, John Guille (1865-1931)

The Natural History of the British Surface-Feeding Ducks [Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn and the Author]

Longmans Green & Co., 1902

580.00 €

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(Modena, Italy)

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Year of publication
1902
Place of printing
London, New York & Bombay
Author
MILLAIS, John Guille (1865-1931)
Publishers
Longmans Green & Co.
Keyword
Ottocento e Novecento
State of preservation
Good
Languages
Italian
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Used

Description

340x310 mm. xiv, 107 pp. with illustrated title page, colored frontispiece (original tissue guard present) 41 colored plates (8 by Thorburn, 33 by Millais; all original tissue guards present), 6 plates in photogravure (all original tissue guards present), and 25 plates in monochrome. Original two-tone green cloth, spined and upper board lettered in gilt (dusty on the borders of the front panel, slightly worn and rubbed). Manuscript dedication by P.W. Cobbold to W.A. Churchman dated March 1904. A very good copy. First edition. Limited edition of 600 copies (the present copy is no. 465). Anker, 340; Mullens & Swann, p. 406; Wood, p.464.