MEYER, HENRY LEONARD
ILLUSTRATIONS OF BRITISH BIRDS
£2,250
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2019 at 12:00 BST
Description
London: Longman & Co., [n.d., 1835-1841] First edition, 4 volumes, folio, 320 hand-coloured plates, including egg plates, modern half calf gilt with red morocco gilt labels and bird motifs to spines, some light foxing (4)
Footnote
Note: Whilst no full-stop features following the publishers Longman & Co on the title-page, as would be in-keeping with the first issue of the work, this copy of Meyer's British Birds also features 320 plates, as are commonly found in the second issue.