Lot 263
Latham, John
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
£4,250
Description
A General History of Birds. Winchester: Jacob and Johnson for the Author, 1821-1828. First Edition, 11 volumes in 10, 4to. (270 x 213mm.), 193 hand coloured engraved plates, list of subscribers vol. I, modern half sheep and marbled boards, occasional light spotting, mostly marginal, a few faint dampstains, light offsetting from text to plates and vice-versa (10)
Footnote
Note: First edition of this expanded and updated version of Latham's General Synopsis of Birds. Sitwell, Bird, p 114.