Buffon (George Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de): The History of Singing Birds, 8vo, Edinburgh, for Sylvester Doig, 1791 [Wood p. 268], 23 engraved plates, modern calf -- Adams (Henry Gardiner): Hummingbirds, first edition, 8vo, [1856] [Nissen IVB 3; Zimmer p. 2], eight plates, coloured from wood-blocks, original cloth (rubbed and soiled), g.e. -- Mudie (Robert): The Feathered Tribe of the British Islands, 2 vols., 8vo, 1888 [cf. Nissen IVB 654; Zimmer p. 446], hand-coloured engraved additional titles and 28 plates, wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary calf, spines gilt (lightly soiled); and three others on birds and butterflies. (7)
Buffon (George Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de): The History of Singing Birds, 8vo, Edinburgh, for Sylvester Doig, 1791 [Wood p. 268], 23 engraved plates, modern calf -- Adams (Henry Gardiner): Hummingbirds, first edition, 8vo, [1856] [Nissen IVB 3; Zimmer p. 2], eight plates, coloured from wood-blocks, original cloth (rubbed and soiled), g.e. -- Mudie (Robert): The Feathered Tribe of the British Islands, 2 vols., 8vo, 1888 [cf. Nissen IVB 654; Zimmer p. 446], hand-coloured engraved additional titles and 28 plates, wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary calf, spines gilt (lightly soiled); and three others on birds and butterflies. (7)
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