Cotton (John). The Song Birds of Great Britain, 1st edition, 2nd issue, [privately printed], 1836, 33 hand-coloured engraved plates, a few light smudges and finger-marks, short marginal tear to Pettichaps plate, closed tear to tissue-guard, repaired closed tears in following text-leaf, modern half leatherette, royal 8vo (23.5 x 14.7 cm) (Qty: 1) Freeman 825; Mullens & Swann pp. 148-9; Nissen IVB 206; Wood p. 301. 'Song Birds, of which only a few copies were printed for private circulation, is a work of the utmost rarity in its complete state, and is moreover much esteemed for the fidelity and beauty of its life-size hand-coloured plates' (Mullens & Swann). It was first published the previous year; this second issue has a cancel title-page to part one and no title-page to part two. Cotton later emigrated to Australia; his correspondence on Australian avifauna is now considered 'of great historical value' (ADB).
Cotton (John). The Song Birds of Great Britain, 1st edition, 2nd issue, [privately printed], 1836, 33 hand-coloured engraved plates, a few light smudges and finger-marks, short marginal tear to Pettichaps plate, closed tear to tissue-guard, repaired closed tears in following text-leaf, modern half leatherette, royal 8vo (23.5 x 14.7 cm) (Qty: 1) Freeman 825; Mullens & Swann pp. 148-9; Nissen IVB 206; Wood p. 301. 'Song Birds, of which only a few copies were printed for private circulation, is a work of the utmost rarity in its complete state, and is moreover much esteemed for the fidelity and beauty of its life-size hand-coloured plates' (Mullens & Swann). It was first published the previous year; this second issue has a cancel title-page to part one and no title-page to part two. Cotton later emigrated to Australia; his correspondence on Australian avifauna is now considered 'of great historical value' (ADB).
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