The Birds of Norfolk with Remarks on their Habits, Migration and Local Distribution. Vol. I-III

Stevenson, H.; Southwell, T.

Verlag: John Van Voorst / Gurney and Jackson / Matchett and Stevenson / Norfolk Chronicle 1866-1890, London / Norwich, 1866

Beschreibung

lxxii, 445, [1], [4]-ads; x, 449, [1], [4]-ads; xiii, 432, 1 portrait, 5 hand-col 3 tinted plates. . HB. 3 vols, 8vo, orig. green cloth, gt title to spines, dec. blind-stamped panels to boards. Occasional foxing. A fine set. First edition. Complete in three volumes. Vol. III, published 18 years after Vol. II, was continued by Thomas Southwell after Henry Stevenson's death, and includes a Memoir and portrait of Stevenson. Originally planned in two volumes, but an additional third volume was necessitated by the 'greatly incresed amount of information received since the plan of this work has been more generally known' - the third volume contains the Anatidae. Extremeley scarce as a complete three-volume set. Hand coloured lithographs, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Capped Petrel, Paget's Pochard (by J. Wolf) and Great Bustard, Feathers of the Wall Creeper (by J. Smit). Errata slips to Vols I + II.Mullens & Swann, p. 561. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers S53943

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Birds of Norfolk with Remarks on their ...

Verlag: John Van Voorst / Gurney and Jackson / Matchett and Stevenson / Norfolk Chronicle 1866-1890, London / Norwich

Erscheinungsdatum: 1866

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1. Auflage