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Lord Lilford's Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands
Lord Lilford's Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands
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LILFORD, THOMAS LITTLETON POWYS

Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands. London: R.H. Porter, 1885-1897 [but -1898]. Stated second edition. Seven volumes, publisher's green three-quarters leather, marbled sides. 9 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches (18 x 26 cm); photogravure portrait and 421 hand-colored lithographs and chromolithographs, as follows: Vol. I: 40 col. lith. plates by A. Thorburn, 9 col. lith. plates by J. G. Keulemans, and 2 col. lith. plates by G. E. Lodge; xxxv + 112 pp. Vol. II: 35 col. lith. plates by J. G. Keulemans, 18 col. lith. plates by A. Thorburn, and one col. lith. plate by J. Smit; ix + 120 pp. Vol. III: 58 col. lith. plates by J. G. Keulemans and 8 col. lith. plates by A. Thorburn; ix + 130 pp. Vol. IV: 30 col. lith. plates by A. Thorburn, 27 col. lith. plates by J. G. Keulemans, 5 col. lith. plates by E. Neale, and 3 col. lith. plates by G. E. Lodge; ix + 154 pp. Vol. V: 58 col. lith. plates by A. Thorburn, and one col. lith. plate by W. Foster; ix + 138 pp. Vol. VI: 62 col. lith. plates by A. Thorburn and 3 col. lith. plates by J. G. Keulemans; ix + 150 pp. Vol. VII: 56 col. lith. plates by A. Thorburn, 4 col. lith. plates by J. G. Keulemans, and one col. lith. plate by G. E. Lodge; ix + 170 pp. Binding rubbed but sound, some spotting as usual.

Anker 308; Fine Birds Books p. 91; Nissen IVB 563 and p.65.

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Lord Lilford's Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands

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