The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands, 2 vol., first edition, 56 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Fairland after W. Nicholson, from paintings by William Shiels ex-library copy with ink stamps to titles and verso of each plate (a few in volume 2 with blindstamp in the margin), library buckram, g.e. [Mellon Collection 168; BM (NH) III, p.1184; Nissen ZBI 2564, erroneously calling for 57 plates], folio, Longman, Orme, 1842
The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands, 2 vol., first edition, 56 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Fairland after W. Nicholson, from paintings by William Shiels ex-library copy with ink stamps to titles and verso of each plate (a few in volume 2 with blindstamp in the margin), library buckram, g.e. [Mellon Collection 168; BM (NH) III, p.1184; Nissen ZBI 2564, erroneously calling for 57 plates], folio, Longman, Orme, 1842
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