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Published by CHIZINE PUBN, 2015
ISBN 10: 1340321122ISBN 13: 9781340321123
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germany
Book
Gebunden. Condition: New.
Published by LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2016
ISBN 10: 1357645031ISBN 13: 9781357645038
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germany
Book
Gebunden. Condition: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.
Published by W H LIZARS, EDINBURGH, 1835
Seller: ecbooks, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Edward Lear (illustrator). 1st Edition. A very good copy of the first edition in the original publisher's cloth binding with 30 hand coloured plates of pigeons from drawings by Edward Lear. Lear provided the illustrations for Pigeons and Parrots in the Naturalist's Library, and his work is distinctive for its accuracy combined with an ability to make the subject seem alive. The Pigeons volume is also unusual in the Naturalist's Library series because the backgrounds to the birds are partly coloured. Contents: volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Pliny; hand coloured vignette title page with ring pigeons; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; contents listing; Memoir of Pliny by Andrew Crichton; and text with black and white illustrations and 30 hand coloured plates. Publisher's adverts at the rear. The binding is faded to spine and board edges, with the spine being slightly blotchy. The spine has some pulling to the ends and a small crease. There is light wear to the corners. The original green endpapers are present with a couple of small hole at the front endpaper joint. Old ownership signature at the fep. Plates and text are very clean with beautiful colouring to the plates. The paper to both the text and plates is lightly toned towards the edges. Tissue guards have some offsetting. The backing is visible in the gutter at p 96.