Lot 14
Albin, Eleazar
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
A natural history of birds. London: printed for the author and sold at William Innys, 1731-1740. First edition (volumes 1 and 2 are first issue, volume 3 is second issue) 4to., 3 volumes, 306 hand-coloured plates, volumes 1 and 2 bound in contemporary calf with foliate gilt tooled borders, volume 2 bears a gilt quatrefoil motif on the covers, volume 3 is bound in lighter contemporary calf with gilt spine decorated with thistle motifs, some slight rubbing to spines, volume 2 neatly rebacked, neatly repaired closed tear to plate 10 in volume 2, paper flaw to plate 36 in volume 3 resulting in light fold across bird's tail (3)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire