Morris, Francis Orpen
A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Eggs
£404
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
London: George Bell and Sons, 1875. Second edition, 3 volumes, large 8vo, contemporary dark blue crushed full morocco by Andrew Grieve of Edinburgh, spines lettered in gilt, marbles endpapers, top edges gilt, 232 chromolithographic plates numbered 1-231 (including 17 bis), tissue-guards, bookplates of Andrew Smith of Whitchester and Cranshaws, bindings slightly rubbed in places, light fading to spines, faint transverse scuff to volume 3 front board, edges spotted, a few intermittent spots internally (3)