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A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: Including Their organization, Habits, and Relations; Remarks on Classification and Nomenclature; An Account of The Principal Organs of Birds, and Observations Relative to Practical Ornithology. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings..
A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: Including Their organization, Habits, and Relations; Remarks on Classification and Nomenclature; An Account of The Principal Organs of Birds, and Observations Relative to Practical Ornithology. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings..
  • A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: Including Their organization, Habits, and Relations; Remarks on Classification and Nomenclature; An Account of The Principal Organs of Birds, and Observations Relative to Practical Ornithology. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings..
  • A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: Including Their organization, Habits, and Relations; Remarks on Classification and Nomenclature; An Account of The Principal Organs of Birds, and Observations Relative to Practical Ornithology. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings. — photograph 2.
  • A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: Including Their organization, Habits, and Relations; Remarks on Classification and Nomenclature; An Account of The Principal Organs of Birds, and Observations Relative to Practical Ornithology. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings. — photograph 3.
  • A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: Including Their organization, Habits, and Relations; Remarks on Classification and Nomenclature; An Account of The Principal Organs of Birds, and Observations Relative to Practical Ornithology. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings. — photograph 4.
  • A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: Including Their organization, Habits, and Relations; Remarks on Classification and Nomenclature; An Account of The Principal Organs of Birds, and Observations Relative to Practical Ornithology. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings. — photograph 5.
  • A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: Including Their organization, Habits, and Relations; Remarks on Classification and Nomenclature; An Account of The Principal Organs of Birds, and Observations Relative to Practical Ornithology. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings. — photograph 6.
  • A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: Including Their organization, Habits, and Relations; Remarks on Classification and Nomenclature; An Account of The Principal Organs of Birds, and Observations Relative to Practical Ornithology. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings. — photograph 7.
  • A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: Including Their organization, Habits, and Relations; Remarks on Classification and Nomenclature; An Account of The Principal Organs of Birds, and Observations Relative to Practical Ornithology. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings. — photograph 8.
  • A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: Including Their organization, Habits, and Relations; Remarks on Classification and Nomenclature; An Account of The Principal Organs of Birds, and Observations Relative to Practical Ornithology. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings. — photograph 9.
  • A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: Including Their organization, Habits, and Relations; Remarks on Classification and Nomenclature; An Account of The Principal Organs of Birds, and Observations Relative to Practical Ornithology. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings. — photograph 10.

A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: Including Their organization, Habits, and Relations; Remarks on Classification and Nomenclature; An Account of The Principal Organs of Birds, and Observations Relative to Practical Ornithology. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings.

Macgillivray, William · London

Author
Macgillivray, William
Date
1840
Place
London
Publisher
Printed for Scott, Webster, and Geary
Language
English
Binding
8vo.(5.5" x 8.875") Married set of 3 of 5 volumes (Vol. III, IV, V) Vol.III with full brown cloth, blindstamped design to covers, gilt lettering to spine. Vols. IV, V with full brown cloth , gilt lettering to spine. Bookplate of D.R.W. Porritt to front pastedown, collection stamp of Lowther Collection to first free endpaper. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed through to boards. Head and foot of spine chipped with small loss (see pic). Front hinge to Vol.III with evidence of repair. Foxing seen in Vols. IV, V, mostly to front of text, affecting plates, inside appears very clean, Vol.III almost without any, except transferance from newspaper articles to page on either side. Illustrated with dozens of images in text, 16 full page engravings as called for.
Category
Science & Medicine
Record
S.I.8617

A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: Including Their organization, Habits, and Relations; Remarks on Classification and Nomenclature; An Account of The Principal Organs of Birds, and Observations Relative to Practical Ornithology. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings. William Macgillivray. 1840. London: Printed for Scott, Webster, and Geary. 8vo.(5.5" x 8.875") Married set of 3 of 5 volumes (Vol. III, IV, V) Vol.III with full brown cloth, blind stamped design to covers, gilt lettering to spine. Vols. IV, V with full brown cloth , gilt lettering to spine. Bookplate of D.R.W. Porritt to front pastedown, collection stamp of Lowther Collection to first free endpaper. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed through to boards. Head and foot of spine chipped with small loss (see pic). Front hinge to Vol.III with evidence of repair. Foxing seen in Vols. IV, V, mostly to front of text, affecting plates, inside appears very clean, Vol.III almost without any, except transference from newspaper articles to page on either side. Illustrated with dozens of images in text, 16 full page engravings as called for.

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Good

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