Book of Birds: Edited and Abridged from the Text of Buffon.
Language: English
Published by R. Tyas, London, 1841
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Sapience Bookstore, Hexham, United KingdomSapience Bookstore
AbeBooks seller since February 21, 2007
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 204.57
Quantity: 1 available
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Very good. Contemporaneous brown half morocco and green cloth. Gilt lettering and tooling to spine. Moderate wear. Marbled endpapers. Neatly penned contemporaneous gift inscription to free front endpaper verso. Somewhat thumbed with light foxing throughout. All edges gilt. xxxi prelims, 292pp. 4to. 10". Published by R. Tyas, London, 1841. First edition, first printing. Illustrated by 150 Designs, by Victor Adam. Contains 38 plates of engravings, illustrating 150 birds, each plate exquisitely hand-coloured. A fantastic survey with most plates containing two species, including many rarely illustrated birds, such as the Penguin, Ostrich, Goosander and Swan.
Seller Inventory # 012778
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Book of Birds: Edited and Abridged from the Text of Buffon.
- Author
- M. Achille Comte (translated from the original by Benjamin Clarke)
- Publisher
- R. Tyas, London
- Publication year
- 1841
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Victor Adam
- Item weight
- 1.32 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Animals, Birds
Sapience Bookstore
Hexham, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since February 21, 2007
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
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