Lot 203
Ornithology & natural history
Collection of works, 19th century
Auction: Other Properties | Wed 25 February from 10am | Lots 63 to 255
Description
Morris, F. O. A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds. London: George Bell and Sons, 1875. Second edition, 3 volumes, large 8vo, original cloth, all plates present, damp staining to covers and margins, occasional spotting;
Ibid. A History of British Birds. London: Bell and Daldy, c.1870. Second edition, 6 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, all plates present, staining to front and back of covers, title page slightly loose in volume 1, 1 plate in volume 5 detached;
Ibid. A Natural History of British Moths. London: George Bell and Sons, 1872. Four volumes, 8vo, third edition, all plates present, contemporary taxonomic ink annotations to text and plates, red half morocco gilt over marble boards;
and 3 others (Morris, A Natural History of Nests and Eggs, 1863, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half-morocco, damp-staining; Jonathan Couch, A History of the Fishes of the British Islands, 1862, 4 volumes, later half morocco; John Guille Millais, Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches, 1892; these not collated) (21)