MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-93). A History of the British Birds , London: George Bell and Sons, 1870. 6 volumes, 8° (250 x 177mm). 365 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates (frontispieces and a few plates lightly spotted, frontispiece in vol. I almost detached, occasional light spotting or light browning). Original publisher's cloth gilt (a few heads and tails of spine slightly chipped, extremities rubbed). Provenance : Reginald S. Crosse from L.S.C., July 8th 1887 (inscription on title of first volume). Second edition. Nissen IVB 645; Zimmer p. 443. MORRIS, F. O. A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds , London: George Bell and Sons, 1875. 3 volumes, 8° (254 x 180mm). 233 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates (lightly spotted). Original publisher's cloth gilt (extremities of vols. I & II bumped and rubbed, vol. III recased in more recent publisher's cloth with old spine neatly relaid). Second edition. Nissen IVB 646; cf. Zimmer p. 443. (9)
MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-93). A History of the British Birds , London: George Bell and Sons, 1870. 6 volumes, 8° (250 x 177mm). 365 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates (frontispieces and a few plates lightly spotted, frontispiece in vol. I almost detached, occasional light spotting or light browning). Original publisher's cloth gilt (a few heads and tails of spine slightly chipped, extremities rubbed). Provenance : Reginald S. Crosse from L.S.C., July 8th 1887 (inscription on title of first volume). Second edition. Nissen IVB 645; Zimmer p. 443. MORRIS, F. O. A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds , London: George Bell and Sons, 1875. 3 volumes, 8° (254 x 180mm). 233 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates (lightly spotted). Original publisher's cloth gilt (extremities of vols. I & II bumped and rubbed, vol. III recased in more recent publisher's cloth with old spine neatly relaid). Second edition. Nissen IVB 646; cf. Zimmer p. 443. (9)
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