Walcott (John). Synopsis of British Birds, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: W. Justins, 1789, 255 engraved plates with captions beneath, errata slip to end of volume 2, bookplates to rectos of front free endpapers, hinges repaired, contemporary half calf, boards spotted, extremities worn, front joint of volume 1 split at head, pen mark to upper margin of volume 1 front board, 8vo Nissen IVB 966; Zimmer p.660. "Edward Donovan, the nineteenth-century naturalist and author, stated that the work was then already scarce when he wished to purchase it” (Jackson, Bird Etchings).
Walcott (John). Synopsis of British Birds, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: W. Justins, 1789, 255 engraved plates with captions beneath, errata slip to end of volume 2, bookplates to rectos of front free endpapers, hinges repaired, contemporary half calf, boards spotted, extremities worn, front joint of volume 1 split at head, pen mark to upper margin of volume 1 front board, 8vo Nissen IVB 966; Zimmer p.660. "Edward Donovan, the nineteenth-century naturalist and author, stated that the work was then already scarce when he wished to purchase it” (Jackson, Bird Etchings).
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