Natural History

9 vols; comprising: I. A History of British Birds: 6 vols, 4to; 358 finely coloured engravings, tissue guards, scattered light foxing, light marginal damp-staining and one plate loose in third volume; publisher's teal pictorial cloth, elaborately gilt, corners slightly rubbed; II. Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds: second edition; 3 vols, 4to; 233 chromolithographed plates, tissue guards, ownership inscription to pastedowns of each volume, scattered light foxing; publisher's teal pictorial cloth, elaborately gilt, corners slightly rubbed; a remarkably fresh set.

Folio, 2 vols bound in 1, titles in red and black, 100 hand-coloured engraved plates, most with tissue-guards, 2H1 vol. 1 bound back-to-front, 2E1 vol. 2 with tear running into text, scattered spotting, contemporary diced calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, inner hinges strengthened with tape, all edges gilt, a very good copy.

Second edition; large folio (46.8 x 32.7 cm); manuscript title page, 264 watercolours numbered in pencil (of which 2 folding) by Ferdinand and Franz Bauer, very occasional light marks, light crease to corner of plate 85, slight foxing at head of plate 101, short closed tear to fold of both folding plates (not affecting images), contemporary diced russia by C. Kalthoeber (binder's orange ticket to front free endpaper), richly gilt, gilt lettering to spine, gilt and marbled edges, marbled endpapers, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down, slight wear to upper board and extremities, repairs to corners; an excellent copy; [2], 136, [4, list of plates].

Large paper copy, 4to, (31.7 x 23.4 cm); hand-coloured engraved title page vignette, 59 hand-coloured engraved plates, some plates weakening at platemarks, plate 30 dust-soiled in upper margin; contemporary green half morocco gilt, spine with raised bands in five compartments, gilt edges, spine faded, extremities rubbed, otherwise a very good copy.

Folio, (53 x 34.6 cm); 40 hand-coloured engraved and etched plates (of which one folding), small hole at lower margin of plate 5 (not affecting illustration), repair to verso of plate 33, a few small closed tears at lower margins, light scattered spotting and browning; contemporary purple half morocco, spine split at foot, dampstaining to boards, extremities slightly rubbed, otherwise a very good copy.

Fourth edition, Imperial copy on thick white wove paper; 8vo; engraved vignette on title page, title variant A (without Bell and Rivington in imprint) and 'Price One Guinea' (denoting imperial copy) on title, 200 wood-engravings by Bewick, 104 smaller vignettes; nineteenth century red morocco gilt extra by J. Clarke, covers with gilt panel with floral tooling to corners within gilt borders, spine in six compartments, gilt lettered direct in second, others richly gilt with floral tools within framed borders, raised bands with gilt fillets, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, a fine copy; x, 526 pp.

First edition. 4to., 60 engraved plates with fine original hand-colouring, contemporary brown morocco gilt extra, covers with large gilt arabesque within fancy gilt borders, spines in six compartements, gilt lettered direct to second, others others richly gilt within gilt frames, raised bands, all edges gilt, light foxing to initial blank and last leaf, a fine copy.

First edition; 2 vols, 8vo, (24.6 x 15.5 cm); 104 hand-coloured stipple engraved illustrations of fruit on 98 plates, including 7 folding, scattered light spotting, occasional offsetting, some plates trimmed by the binder (as usual); contemporary green morocco, blind and gilt embossed, all edges gilt, corners slightly rubbed, overall a very good copy of a scarce work; vii, [iv], 96; 104pp.

Specially printed offprint from The Ibis, 8vo, 45 pp. numbered 382-425 pp., 3 hand-coloured lithographs by and after Keulemans, original green cloth gilt, a fine copy.

First edition; 2 vols, 4to; 124 hand-coloured plates, occasional mild spotting otherwise very good; contemporary half green calf, maroon lettering-pieces gilt, all edges marbled, mild dust-soiling and darkening commensurate with age, rubbed at extremities, bumper on corners but otherwise a very good set.