Jardine, Sir William, and Prideaux John Selby
£2,600
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2018 at 12:00 BST
Description
Illustrations of Ornithology. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, London: Longman, Rees, &c., [1826-35]. First edition, volumes 1-3, 4to (296 x 218mm.), engraved titles, 149 engraved plates, IN TWO STATES, HAND-COLOURED AND UNCOLOURED, tissue guards, fine 20th century green morocco gilt binding incorporating bird motifs and shield with initials HAJ and crossed swords, full pigskin endpapers incorporating the pictorial Ex Libris of Henry Arthur Johnstone 1899, t.e.g.
Footnote
Provenance: The Library of a Country House.
Note: A Very Finely Bound Copy, with plates in two states.
A note at the end of vol. 3 states "Note to the Binder. By mistake there are 5 duplicate numbers in the Volume, viz 106*, 107*, 108*, 109*, 110*; and Numbers 137 * and 138* are omitted." In this copy the 5 duplicate numbers have not been bound in. Fine Bird Books, p 108; Nissen, IVB 472 . A fourth volume was issued later in 1842.