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Containing 40 finely coloured plates, mostly hand signed by Hayes himself.
Containing 40 finely coloured plates, mostly hand signed by Hayes himself.
Containing 40 finely coloured plates, mostly hand signed by Hayes himself.
Containing 40 finely coloured plates, mostly hand signed by Hayes himself.
Containing 40 finely coloured plates, mostly hand signed by Hayes himself.
Containing 40 finely coloured plates, mostly hand signed by Hayes himself.

HAYES, William.

Birds.

[1773].

£16,500.00
£16,500.00

Birds.

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This work contains 40 finely coloured plates, mostly hand signed by Hayes himself. His Natural history of British birds ([1770-]1775) contained 40 plates as well as a title-page and 24 pages of text; this copy contains only plates.

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.

Natural History of British Birds: Fine Bird Books, p80; McGill/Wood p381; Nissen IVB 421; Zimmer 293.

Stock code 107389

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Containing 40 finely coloured plates, mostly hand signed by Hayes himself.

Birds.

£16,500.00
£16,500.00

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First edition of this ornithological classic, Walter Lowry Buller's History of the Birds of New Zealand, with 36 chromolithographic plates, published in parts in London between 1872 and 1873.
First edition of this ornithological classic, Walter Lowry Buller's History of the Birds of New Zealand, with 36 chromolithographic plates, published in parts in London between 1872 and 1873.

BULLER, Walter Lawry.
A History of the Birds of New Zealand. [1872-]1873.
£2,500.00

Second and preferred edition of the definitive work on New Zealand birds, Walter Lowry Buller's History fo teh Birds of New Zealand, in the publisher's deluxe red morocco.
Second and preferred edition of the definitive work on New Zealand birds, Walter Lowry Buller's History fo teh Birds of New Zealand, in the publisher's deluxe red morocco.

BULLER, Walter Lawry.
A History of the Birds of New Zealand. 1888.
£3,500.00

A History of British Birds.
A History of British Birds.

YARRELL, William.
A History of British Birds. 1843.
£850.00

The edition deluxe of Birds of Arabia by Meinerthagen, one of ten specially bound copies with a unique bird of prey design to the front cover.
The edition deluxe of Birds of Arabia by Meinerthagen, one of ten specially bound copies with a unique bird of prey design to the front cover.

MEINERTZHAGEN, Colonel R.
Birds of Arabia. 1980.
£5,000.00

An attractively bound second printing of the standard reference for Australian parrots, Alan Lendon's Australian Parrots in Field and Aviary.
An attractively bound second printing of the standard reference for Australian parrots, Alan Lendon's Australian Parrots in Field and Aviary.

LENDON, Alan.
Australian Parrots in Field and Aviary. 1976.
£100.00

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A lovely set of Edward Donovan's Natural History of British Birds, all first editions save for volume V, in attractive contemporary bindings.

DONOVAN, Edward.
The Natural History of British Birds; 1794-1820.
£7,500.00

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