London, Groombridge, n.d. circa 1880.
An attractive set of the reduced format edition of Morris' classic work on the birds of Great Britain. Before Morris, most bird books with hand-coloured plates were prohibitively expensive. Morris succeeded in making an accurate, high quality work available to a wider audience than hitherto.
8 vols, original red cloth gilt decorated in gilt and black, 358 hand-coloured lithograph plates, slightly shaken, a very good clean set.
8 vols, original red cloth gilt decorated in gilt and black, 358 hand-coloured lithograph plates, slightly shaken, a very good clean set.
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