Mudie (Robert). The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Whittaker and Co.,1834, 19 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates including frontispieces, Baxter-type vignettes to title-pages, title-pages spotted, volume 2 initial blank with 19th-century engraved bookplate (Burleigh James) and inscription 'Hugh Stewart Roberts, from a would-be brother naturalist, 1863', top edges gilt, 20th-century red half calf by Bayntun (Riviere), bird devices gilt to spines, joints slightly rubbed, small chip 2 headcap, of volume 2, large 12mo (19.5 x 12 cm), together with: Gray (Robert), The Birds of the West of Scotland including the Outer Hebrides, 1st edition, Glasgow: Thomas Murray & Son, 1871, half-title, 15 tinted lithographic plates, toning, spotting to outer text-leaves and to plates margins, original cloth front cover and spine bound in at rear, top edge gilt, 20th-century crushed green half morocco by Morrell, gilt waterfowl and fish tools to spine, spine sunned, 8vo (22 x 13 cm), Saxby (Henry L.), The Birds of Shetland, with Observations on their Habits, Migration, and Occasional Appearance, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Stewart, 1874, 8 tinted lithographic plates, original cloth front cover and spine bound in at rear, top edge gilt, 20th-century crushed green half morocco, waterfowl tools gilt to spine, 8vo (22 x 13 cm), and Borrer (William), The Birds of Sussex, 1st edition, R. H. Porter, 1891, 6 chromolithographic plates by J. G. Keulemans, folding map, top edge gilt, 20th-century blue half morocco, swift devices gilt to spine, 8vo (21.6 x 13 cm) (Qty: 5) Mullens & Swann pp. 424 (Mudie), 251 (Gray), 510-11 (Saxby), 87 (Borrer); Nissen IVB 654 (Mudie); Wood pp. 474 (Mudie, second edition), 368 (Gray), 552 (Saxby), 250 (Borrer); Zimmer pp. 446 (Mudie, fourth edition), 274 (Gray), 550 (Saxby), 82 (Borrer). 'The vignettes on the title-pages [of Mudie's work] are the first successful specimens of G. Baxter's polychromatic printing. This first edition is therefore sought after by ollectors of Baxter-types' (Mullens & Swann).
Mudie (Robert). The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Whittaker and Co.,1834, 19 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates including frontispieces, Baxter-type vignettes to title-pages, title-pages spotted, volume 2 initial blank with 19th-century engraved bookplate (Burleigh James) and inscription 'Hugh Stewart Roberts, from a would-be brother naturalist, 1863', top edges gilt, 20th-century red half calf by Bayntun (Riviere), bird devices gilt to spines, joints slightly rubbed, small chip 2 headcap, of volume 2, large 12mo (19.5 x 12 cm), together with: Gray (Robert), The Birds of the West of Scotland including the Outer Hebrides, 1st edition, Glasgow: Thomas Murray & Son, 1871, half-title, 15 tinted lithographic plates, toning, spotting to outer text-leaves and to plates margins, original cloth front cover and spine bound in at rear, top edge gilt, 20th-century crushed green half morocco by Morrell, gilt waterfowl and fish tools to spine, spine sunned, 8vo (22 x 13 cm), Saxby (Henry L.), The Birds of Shetland, with Observations on their Habits, Migration, and Occasional Appearance, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Stewart, 1874, 8 tinted lithographic plates, original cloth front cover and spine bound in at rear, top edge gilt, 20th-century crushed green half morocco, waterfowl tools gilt to spine, 8vo (22 x 13 cm), and Borrer (William), The Birds of Sussex, 1st edition, R. H. Porter, 1891, 6 chromolithographic plates by J. G. Keulemans, folding map, top edge gilt, 20th-century blue half morocco, swift devices gilt to spine, 8vo (21.6 x 13 cm) (Qty: 5) Mullens & Swann pp. 424 (Mudie), 251 (Gray), 510-11 (Saxby), 87 (Borrer); Nissen IVB 654 (Mudie); Wood pp. 474 (Mudie, second edition), 368 (Gray), 552 (Saxby), 250 (Borrer); Zimmer pp. 446 (Mudie, fourth edition), 274 (Gray), 550 (Saxby), 82 (Borrer). 'The vignettes on the title-pages [of Mudie's work] are the first successful specimens of G. Baxter's polychromatic printing. This first edition is therefore sought after by ollectors of Baxter-types' (Mullens & Swann).
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