Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands. Issued by Lord Lilford F.Z.S. Etc. President of the British Ornithologist s Union. [Second Edition 421 Hand Coloured Lithographs or Chromolithographs Seven Fine Half Leather Bindings by Bickers & Son]
Published by London: R.H. Porter, 1897
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London: R.H. Porter, 1891-1897, Second Edition. Seven volumes in an elegant half leather binding by Bickers & Son, with green morocco spines faded to brown, marbled paper and gilt ruled boards, marbled end papers and page top edges gilt. Portrait frontispiece of the author, and 421 chromolithographed or hand-coloured lithographed plates mostly after A. Thorburn and J.G. Keulemans, mounted on linen stubs throughout. Second edition, first published from 1885, and not completed until after Lilford's death by Osbert Salvin and including a biography by the zoologist Alfred Newton. From the front of Vol I This Worl was issued in two Editions: the First commenced October 1885, and the Second April 1891 both Editions ending simultaneously. A keen ornithologist all his life, Lilford was one of the founders of the British Ornithologists' Union in 1858, and its president from March 1867. The previous owner has numbered the plates and pages in pencil / pen. Foxing throughout the volumes, mostly restricted to the page and plate margins, some pages quite badly foxed. Silk markers present, some detached. Pagination: Vol I 51 plates as called for, frontispiece portrait of Lord Lilford, some foxing, xxxv, [112]pp. Vol II 54 plates as called for, some foxing to plates and pages, ix, [120]pp. Vol III 66 plates as called for, foxing to plates and pages, ix, [128]pp. Vol IV 66 plates, as called for, some foxing to plates and pages, ix, [154]pp. VOL V 59 plates as called for, some foxing to plates and pages, ix, [138]pp. Vol VI 65 plates as called for, foxing, mostly to the plate and page margins, some foxing to plates and pages, ix, [150]pp. Vol VII 61 plates, foxing mostly to the plate and page margins ix, 170pp. Provenance: bookplate with initials to the front of each volume (see photo). Approximately 10 ¼ inches tall (25.5cm). Condition Report Externally Spine good condition green spines faded to brown with rubbing to the raised bands and corners, gilt titles and date to the base of the spine. Joints good condition rubbed, some loss of colour. Corners good condition rubbed and worn with some loss of colour to the green leather. Boards good condition green leather and marbled boards, marks and scratches. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, others tanned and foxed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition all secure. Paste downs good condition marbled. End papers good condition marbled, some foxing to subsequent end papers. Title good condition tanned, with some foxing. Pages good condition see detailed descriptions above, the plates and pages numbered in pencil, some foxing throughout the volumes, mostly to the page and plate margins, some pages quite badly foxed. Binding good condition attractive, unevenly faded, rubbed to the raised bands and joints. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1891-97 Binding: Hardback.…
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- Title
- Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands. Issued by Lord Lilford F.Z.S. Etc. President of the British Ornithologist s Union. [Second Edition 421 Hand Coloured Lithographs or Chromolithographs Seven Fine Half Leather Bindings by Bickers & Son]
- Author
- Thomas Littleton POWYS Fourth Baron Lord Lilford Illustrations after Archibald Thorburn
- Publisher
- London: R.H. Porter
- Publication year
- 1897
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Leather Bindings, Library Sets, Ornithology
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