DONOVAN (Edward): THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, or a selection of the most rare, beautiful, and interesting birds which inhabit this country, London, for the author and F. & C. Rivington, 1794-1819 FIRST EDITION, 10 vols., in 5, 8vo (235 x 140mm.), 244 hand-coloured engraved plates by and after Donovan (slight offsetting and occasional spotting mainly affecting text), contemporary straight-grained citron morocco, sides with gilt- and blind-tooled borders, spines gilt with black morocco labels, g.e., bookplate of William Dalton Nissen IVB 257; Fine Bird Books p. 72; Zimmer p. 175; Mullens and Swann 173 (5)
DONOVAN (Edward): THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, or a selection of the most rare, beautiful, and interesting birds which inhabit this country, London, for the author and F. & C. Rivington, 1794-1819 FIRST EDITION, 10 vols., in 5, 8vo (235 x 140mm.), 244 hand-coloured engraved plates by and after Donovan (slight offsetting and occasional spotting mainly affecting text), contemporary straight-grained citron morocco, sides with gilt- and blind-tooled borders, spines gilt with black morocco labels, g.e., bookplate of William Dalton Nissen IVB 257; Fine Bird Books p. 72; Zimmer p. 175; Mullens and Swann 173 (5)
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