LILFORD, Lord.
Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands.
Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands.
Stock Code 114067
London, R.H. Porter, 1885-1897.
First edition; 7 vols, large 8vo (26 x 18.5 cm); 421 chromolithographed and handcoloured lithographed plates after Thorburn, Keulemans and others, portrait frontispiece of Lilford, small stamp to titles otherwise clean internally; contemporary half calf by R.H. Porter, gilt ruled marbled boards, spines lettered in gilt in six compartments, top-edges gilt, overall a fine set.
Anker 308; Fine Bird Books, p91; McGill/Wood 436; Mullens & Swann 354; Nissen IVB 563.
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