The Ancestral Homes of Britain; Containing Examples of its Noblest Castles, Halls, and Mansions.

MORRIS F.O. The Rev. [Francis Orpen] 1810-1893

Verlag: Bell and Daldy, London: York Street, Covent Garden., 1868

VG, 1st ed, 1868, 40 pls - complete. In full green morocco, gilt edge tooling, some marks/scratches, edges bumped & worn. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt titles to maroon calf label. Internally, frontis, additional illustrated title page, [3], (iv) only, [1], 2-90 pp, [1], 40 pls (coloured), a.e.g., red marbled endpapers, gilt turn ins, some faint edges browning, repair to bottom gutter of tp, a couple of small repairs to the tissue guards. (214*274 mm). Morris was an Irish clergyman, notable as "parson-naturalist" (ornithologist and entomologist) and as the author of many children's books and books on natural history and heritage buildings. He was a pioneer of the movement to protect birds from the plume trade and was a co-founder of the Plumage League. Title continues: with forty coloured illustrations taken from drawings executed expressly for this work ; and biographical and historical notices. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 006639

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Ancestral Homes of Britain; Containing ...
Verlag: Bell and Daldy, London: York Street, Covent Garden.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1868
Einband: Hardcover
Illustrator: MORRIS F.O. The Rev.
Zustand: Very Good
Auflage: 1st Edition