Beschreibung
A beautiful set of colourfully illustrated volumes on the natural history of Britain, looking at the birds and botany of the country. Four beautiful volumes on the wonder of the natural history of Britain.'British Birds in Their Haunts', published in 1910. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, sixty-three plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.'New Illustrated Natural History of the World' by Ernest Protheroe. Undated, dated 1910 from Jisc from a copy held at the Trinity College Dublin Library. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twenty-three colour plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.'British Trees Including the Finer Shrubs For Garden and Woodland'. Undated, dated 1911 from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twenty-three colour plates, thirty-two monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.'Flowers of the Field', the fifth impression of this work published in 1913. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, ninety-three plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, bound without plates 65 and 66.By C. A. Johns, a notable Victorian botanist.With contributions and revisions by Clarence Elliott, J. A. Owen, E. T. Cook, and more. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light marks to the boards and spines. Minor bumping to the spines and extremities. Light rubbing to the boards and spines. Spine and joints of 'Flowers of the Field' are a little cockled. Hinges are starting but firm, rear hinge of 'British Trees' is a little strained. Magazine clipping to the front paste down of 'Flowers of the Field', prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. 'British Birds in Their Haunts' prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. 'British Trees' prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper, rear endpaper is detaching. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just a few odd spots. Plate 71 of 'Flowers of the Field' is detached but present. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 788P1
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