EDWARDS, George. [ A Natural History of Uncommon Birds and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals , London, for the Author, circa 1764], sm. 2°, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, portrait (uncoloured), and 75 plates only of birds and animals from Surinam, Hudson Bay and other areas (one plate cut down at outer margin, occasional light soiling) [Nissen IVB 286; Zimmer I, p. 192] -- [(?) ROBSON, J.] Some Memoirs of the Life and Works of George Edwards London, for J. Robson 1776, sm. 2°, engraved portrait and 4 plates, 3 double-page (some offsetting of plates onto text) [Zimmer II, p. 529; Wood p. 540] -- LINNAEUS, Carl. A Catalogue of the Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Insects, Plants, etc. contained in Edwards's Natural History in Seven Volumes, London, for J. Robson 1776, sm. 2°, together 3 works bound in one vol., contemporary half calf (rubbed, spine split in half). [Zimmer II, p. 401; Wood p. 438]; and 4 bird plates by Edwards, framed and glazed.
EDWARDS, George. [ A Natural History of Uncommon Birds and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals , London, for the Author, circa 1764], sm. 2°, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, portrait (uncoloured), and 75 plates only of birds and animals from Surinam, Hudson Bay and other areas (one plate cut down at outer margin, occasional light soiling) [Nissen IVB 286; Zimmer I, p. 192] -- [(?) ROBSON, J.] Some Memoirs of the Life and Works of George Edwards London, for J. Robson 1776, sm. 2°, engraved portrait and 4 plates, 3 double-page (some offsetting of plates onto text) [Zimmer II, p. 529; Wood p. 540] -- LINNAEUS, Carl. A Catalogue of the Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Insects, Plants, etc. contained in Edwards's Natural History in Seven Volumes, London, for J. Robson 1776, sm. 2°, together 3 works bound in one vol., contemporary half calf (rubbed, spine split in half). [Zimmer II, p. 401; Wood p. 438]; and 4 bird plates by Edwards, framed and glazed.
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