Lot 42
Jardine, Sir William
The Natural History of Humming-birds
Auction: 8 February 2006 at 11:00 GMT
£526
Description
Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1840. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, each volume signed by author on titles, additional engraved titles, portrait frontispiece in each volume, 64 colour plates, author's signature pasted onto front endpaper of volume I, both volumes with owner's ink inscription on front endpapers, full morocco gilt extra by Alex Banks Jnr. Edinburgh, g.e., heavy foxing throughout, corners bumped (2)