Lot 648
GRAY Robert
Auction: 21 July 2004 at 11:30 BST
£8,225
Description
The genera of birds comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species … illustrated by David Mitchell … 1st edition, 338 lithographed plates of which 185 are chromolithos finished by hand after David Mitchell and other artists including Joseph Wolf and Edward Lear, full crimson morocco, covers with gilt borders with central panel of gilt filets with fleuron ornaments at the corners and sides containing the arms of ***** , spines decorated gilt in compartments, a.e.g., some patches of spotting (chiefly to the uncoloured detail plates), folio, 3 volumes, London: Longman, etc., 1849
Note: Nissen IVB 388