EDWARDS, George (1694-1773). [ A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals ]. London: the author, 1745-1748-1751-1776-1802.
EDWARDS, George (1694-1773). [ A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals ]. London: the author, 1745-1748-1751-1776-1802. 4 parts in 4 volumes. French general title with engraved vignettes by Johann Sebastian Müller French and English text. 210 hand-coloured etched plates and one plain plate by and after Edwards. (Lacks the frontispiece.) Mixed editions, comprising: Part I: French edition, 1745 [Lisney 192], with part title bound before general title. [ bound with :] [J. ROBSON(?)] Some Memoirs of the Life and Works of George Edwards . London: for J. Robson 1776. Crown 2°. (Lacking the 4 engraved plates.) Zimmer p. 529. [ and ]: Carolus LINNAEUS. A Catalogue of the Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Insects ... contained in Edwards's Natural History ... with their Latin names . London: for J. Robson 1776, both works published in the 1st edition, 3rd issue, 1776 [Lisney 190] [ and :] English text from the 2nd edition, 1802 [Lisney 191]. (Without the English general and part-titles, occasional light browning.) Part II: French edition, 1748 [Lisney 197] [ bound with: ] English 2nd edition, 1802 [Lisney 196], but with (probably) 1st edition, 3rd issue English part title dated 1747 [Lisney 195]. Part III: French edition, 1751 [Lisney 200] [ bound with :] English 2nd edition, 1802 [Lisney 199], but with 1st edition English part title dated 1750 [Lisney 198]. Part IV: First edition, 1751 [Lisney 201]. (Lacks the English dedication.) [ bound with :] French edition, 1751 [Lisney 203]. EDWARDS, G. Gleanings of Natural History, Exhibiting Figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants, &c . London: the author, 1760-1805-1806. 3 parts in 3 volumes. 152 hand-coloured etched plates by and after Edwards et al. English and French text, translated by J. du Plessis and Edmond Barker. (Lacks the portrait, some light spotting and offsetting throughout.) Mixed editions, comprising: part I: 2nd edition, 1805; part II: 1st edition, 1st issue, 1760; part III: 2nd edition, 1806, but with 1st edition, 1st issue titles dated 1764 [Lisney 207, 208 and 212/211 respectively]. Together two works by Edwards in 7 volumes, 4° (288 x 226mm). Uniform early 19th-century straight-grained blue morocco gilt, double fillet and roll tool borders, gilt spines and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges (lightly rubbed). Provenance : John Arden (bookplates, dated 1819 in ms) -- Battle Abbey (library label in 1st vol). A HANDSOME SET OF EDWARDS' GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO ENGLISH ORNITHOLOGY. Anker 124-126; Fine Bird Books (1990) p. 93; Lisney 190-192, 196-201, 203, 207, 208, 211 & 212; Mullens and Swann pp. 195-196; Nissen IVB, 286-289; Zimmer pp. 192-194 and 196-199. (7)
EDWARDS, George (1694-1773). [ A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals ]. London: the author, 1745-1748-1751-1776-1802.
EDWARDS, George (1694-1773). [ A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals ]. London: the author, 1745-1748-1751-1776-1802. 4 parts in 4 volumes. French general title with engraved vignettes by Johann Sebastian Müller French and English text. 210 hand-coloured etched plates and one plain plate by and after Edwards. (Lacks the frontispiece.) Mixed editions, comprising: Part I: French edition, 1745 [Lisney 192], with part title bound before general title. [ bound with :] [J. ROBSON(?)] Some Memoirs of the Life and Works of George Edwards . London: for J. Robson 1776. Crown 2°. (Lacking the 4 engraved plates.) Zimmer p. 529. [ and ]: Carolus LINNAEUS. A Catalogue of the Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Insects ... contained in Edwards's Natural History ... with their Latin names . London: for J. Robson 1776, both works published in the 1st edition, 3rd issue, 1776 [Lisney 190] [ and :] English text from the 2nd edition, 1802 [Lisney 191]. (Without the English general and part-titles, occasional light browning.) Part II: French edition, 1748 [Lisney 197] [ bound with: ] English 2nd edition, 1802 [Lisney 196], but with (probably) 1st edition, 3rd issue English part title dated 1747 [Lisney 195]. Part III: French edition, 1751 [Lisney 200] [ bound with :] English 2nd edition, 1802 [Lisney 199], but with 1st edition English part title dated 1750 [Lisney 198]. Part IV: First edition, 1751 [Lisney 201]. (Lacks the English dedication.) [ bound with :] French edition, 1751 [Lisney 203]. EDWARDS, G. Gleanings of Natural History, Exhibiting Figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants, &c . London: the author, 1760-1805-1806. 3 parts in 3 volumes. 152 hand-coloured etched plates by and after Edwards et al. English and French text, translated by J. du Plessis and Edmond Barker. (Lacks the portrait, some light spotting and offsetting throughout.) Mixed editions, comprising: part I: 2nd edition, 1805; part II: 1st edition, 1st issue, 1760; part III: 2nd edition, 1806, but with 1st edition, 1st issue titles dated 1764 [Lisney 207, 208 and 212/211 respectively]. Together two works by Edwards in 7 volumes, 4° (288 x 226mm). Uniform early 19th-century straight-grained blue morocco gilt, double fillet and roll tool borders, gilt spines and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges (lightly rubbed). Provenance : John Arden (bookplates, dated 1819 in ms) -- Battle Abbey (library label in 1st vol). A HANDSOME SET OF EDWARDS' GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO ENGLISH ORNITHOLOGY. Anker 124-126; Fine Bird Books (1990) p. 93; Lisney 190-192, 196-201, 203, 207, 208, 211 & 212; Mullens and Swann pp. 195-196; Nissen IVB, 286-289; Zimmer pp. 192-194 and 196-199. (7)
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