Ornithology rare books

First edition. 7 volumes, folio (54 x 35 cm). 530 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Gould, H.C. Richter, Joseph Wolf and W. Hart, printed by Hullmandel & Walton, T. Walter or Walter & Cohn; handful of plates in each volume with very light marginal spotting, some intermittent spotting to text, but generally a clean set; publisher's dark green morocco gilt; some minor rubbing, a little more so to extremities.

Second edition of birds, first edition of fishes, together two works in five volumes (3 + 2) 8vo, wood-engraved illustrations throughout, matching (birds green, fishes blue-green) morocco gilt extra, covers with gilt borders, spines in six compartments, gilt lettered direct in second and third, others richly gilt within panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, a fine set.

First edition; 3 vols, large 4to (42.4 x 32.5 cm); 114 hand-coloured lithographed plates after Edward Neale, some spotting; slightly later maroon half morocco.

First edition; 5 vols, folio (54 x 36 cm.); 367 hand-coloured lithographed plates after Gould, Joseph Wolf, H.C. Richter, list of subscribers; contemporary green morocco, gilt dentelle borders to covers, spines with raised bands and gilt tooling, a fine set.

First edition, 3 original fascicules, folio (57 x 39 cm), 32 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates by and after after John Gould and H. C. Richter, prospectus, list of subscribers, list of plates, original cloth-backed printed boards, occasional light spotting, light wear to boards, an excellent example.

First edition. 2 vols., limited to 3000 copies, 8vo, xviii, 244; x, 240 pp., 22 coloured plates by Gronvold, original grey buckram-backed green cloth gilt, covers with gilt pictorial roundel, original dust-wrappers lettered in brown (light edge wear), an excellent copy.

8 vols, original red cloth gilt decorated in gilt and black, 358 hand-coloured lithograph plates, slightly shaken, a very good clean set.

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.

First edition; 2 vols. bound as one; folio (38 x 24 cm); 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 marginal tear just extending into design, inscription in pen to front free endpaper verso; 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.

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.