277 VÖGEL. - Hayes, W(illiam). Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, with their Descriptions, from the Menagery of Osterly Park, in the County of Middlesex. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. Ldn., Bulmer etc., 1794(-1800). 4°. 4 Bll., SS. 3-101, 101 kolor. Kupfertaf. Marmor. Ldr. d. Zt. mit Rücken- u. Stehkantenverg. (Rücken alt erneuert). Schätzpreis: *R (12.000,- €) / (16.560,- $) Anker SS. 33f.; Nissen, IVB 422; Sitwell 105; Wood 381: "One of the famous, early colored illustrations of ornithology, by William Hayes and members of his numerous family". - Erste Ausgabe; seltene u. hervorragend illustrierte Monographie von besonderem bibliophilem Wert. - "During the last third of the 18th century, interest in descriptions of the fauna and avifauna of various countries increased, whether they were based on travels in foreign countries or inspired by the Nature of the writer's native country or works on it. This interest was felt strongly in England, where Edwards and Pennant had been active, the stimulating influence of the latter seeming to have been of special importance in starting a rich production of ornithological works... To this series belong the various works issued by the artist and ornithologist William Hayes , who with his twenty-one children is said to have had great difficulty in making both ends meet by means of his artistic and literary activities" (Anker). - Ohne die 2 Bll. Vorstücke zu Tl. 2 nach S. 50 (Tit. datiert 1799, Vorwort datiert 1800). - 18 der reizenden, aquarellartig altkolorierten Kupfer sind von Hayes und verschiedenen Familienmitgliedern mit der Feder signiert, teils auch bezeichnet oder datiert. Recht breitrandig, am unteren Rand leichte Feuchtigkeitsspuren, 11 der OSeidenpapier-Deckbll. fehlen, die übrigen stockfl., sonst kaum fleckig oder gebräunt. Einband etwas berieben u. bestoßen. The rare first edition, 18 of the charmingly coloured plates signed by Hayes or members of his family, lacking the 2 preliminary ll. to part 2, otherwise complete, good margins, light traces of damp to lower margin, otherwise hardly any staining or browning, only 11 plates without the original protective tissue papers, in contemporary marbled calf gilt, spine replaced in 19th century, some wear. " " " " " "
277 VÖGEL. - Hayes, W(illiam). Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, with their Descriptions, from the Menagery of Osterly Park, in the County of Middlesex. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. Ldn., Bulmer etc., 1794(-1800). 4°. 4 Bll., SS. 3-101, 101 kolor. Kupfertaf. Marmor. Ldr. d. Zt. mit Rücken- u. Stehkantenverg. (Rücken alt erneuert). Schätzpreis: *R (12.000,- €) / (16.560,- $) Anker SS. 33f.; Nissen, IVB 422; Sitwell 105; Wood 381: "One of the famous, early colored illustrations of ornithology, by William Hayes and members of his numerous family". - Erste Ausgabe; seltene u. hervorragend illustrierte Monographie von besonderem bibliophilem Wert. - "During the last third of the 18th century, interest in descriptions of the fauna and avifauna of various countries increased, whether they were based on travels in foreign countries or inspired by the Nature of the writer's native country or works on it. This interest was felt strongly in England, where Edwards and Pennant had been active, the stimulating influence of the latter seeming to have been of special importance in starting a rich production of ornithological works... To this series belong the various works issued by the artist and ornithologist William Hayes , who with his twenty-one children is said to have had great difficulty in making both ends meet by means of his artistic and literary activities" (Anker). - Ohne die 2 Bll. Vorstücke zu Tl. 2 nach S. 50 (Tit. datiert 1799, Vorwort datiert 1800). - 18 der reizenden, aquarellartig altkolorierten Kupfer sind von Hayes und verschiedenen Familienmitgliedern mit der Feder signiert, teils auch bezeichnet oder datiert. Recht breitrandig, am unteren Rand leichte Feuchtigkeitsspuren, 11 der OSeidenpapier-Deckbll. fehlen, die übrigen stockfl., sonst kaum fleckig oder gebräunt. Einband etwas berieben u. bestoßen. The rare first edition, 18 of the charmingly coloured plates signed by Hayes or members of his family, lacking the 2 preliminary ll. to part 2, otherwise complete, good margins, light traces of damp to lower margin, otherwise hardly any staining or browning, only 11 plates without the original protective tissue papers, in contemporary marbled calf gilt, spine replaced in 19th century, some wear. " " " " " "
277 VÖGEL. - Hayes, W(illiam). Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, with their Descriptions, from the Menagery of Osterly Park, in the County of Middlesex. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. Ldn., Bulmer etc., 1794(-1800). 4°. 4 Bll., SS. 3-101, 101 kolor. Kupfertaf. Marmor. Ldr. d. Zt. mit Rücken- u. Stehkantenverg. (Rücken alt erneuert). Schätzpreis: *R (12.000,- €) / (16.560,- $) Anker SS. 33f.; Nissen, IVB 422; Sitwell 105; Wood 381: "One of the famous, early colored illustrations of ornithology, by William Hayes and members of his numerous family". - Erste Ausgabe; seltene u. hervorragend illustrierte Monographie von besonderem bibliophilem Wert. - "During the last third of the 18th century, interest in descriptions of the fauna and avifauna of various countries increased, whether they were based on travels in foreign countries or inspired by the Nature of the writer's native country or works on it. This interest was felt strongly in England, where Edwards and Pennant had been active, the stimulating influence of the latter seeming to have been of special importance in starting a rich production of ornithological works... To this series belong the various works issued by the artist and ornithologist William Hayes , who with his twenty-one children is said to have had great difficulty in making both ends meet by means of his artistic and literary activities" (Anker). - Ohne die 2 Bll. Vorstücke zu Tl. 2 nach S. 50 (Tit. datiert 1799, Vorwort datiert 1800). - 18 der reizenden, aquarellartig altkolorierten Kupfer sind von Hayes und verschiedenen Familienmitgliedern mit der Feder signiert, teils auch bezeichnet oder datiert. Recht breitrandig, am unteren Rand leichte Feuchtigkeitsspuren, 11 der OSeidenpapier-Deckbll. fehlen, die übrigen stockfl., sonst kaum fleckig oder gebräunt. Einband etwas berieben u. bestoßen. The rare first edition, 18 of the charmingly coloured plates signed by Hayes or members of his family, lacking the 2 preliminary ll. to part 2, otherwise complete, good margins, light traces of damp to lower margin, otherwise hardly any staining or browning, only 11 plates without the original protective tissue papers, in contemporary marbled calf gilt, spine replaced in 19th century, some wear. " " " " " "
277 VÖGEL. - Hayes, W(illiam). Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, with their Descriptions, from the Menagery of Osterly Park, in the County of Middlesex. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. Ldn., Bulmer etc., 1794(-1800). 4°. 4 Bll., SS. 3-101, 101 kolor. Kupfertaf. Marmor. Ldr. d. Zt. mit Rücken- u. Stehkantenverg. (Rücken alt erneuert). Schätzpreis: *R (12.000,- €) / (16.560,- $) Anker SS. 33f.; Nissen, IVB 422; Sitwell 105; Wood 381: "One of the famous, early colored illustrations of ornithology, by William Hayes and members of his numerous family". - Erste Ausgabe; seltene u. hervorragend illustrierte Monographie von besonderem bibliophilem Wert. - "During the last third of the 18th century, interest in descriptions of the fauna and avifauna of various countries increased, whether they were based on travels in foreign countries or inspired by the Nature of the writer's native country or works on it. This interest was felt strongly in England, where Edwards and Pennant had been active, the stimulating influence of the latter seeming to have been of special importance in starting a rich production of ornithological works... To this series belong the various works issued by the artist and ornithologist William Hayes , who with his twenty-one children is said to have had great difficulty in making both ends meet by means of his artistic and literary activities" (Anker). - Ohne die 2 Bll. Vorstücke zu Tl. 2 nach S. 50 (Tit. datiert 1799, Vorwort datiert 1800). - 18 der reizenden, aquarellartig altkolorierten Kupfer sind von Hayes und verschiedenen Familienmitgliedern mit der Feder signiert, teils auch bezeichnet oder datiert. Recht breitrandig, am unteren Rand leichte Feuchtigkeitsspuren, 11 der OSeidenpapier-Deckbll. fehlen, die übrigen stockfl., sonst kaum fleckig oder gebräunt. Einband etwas berieben u. bestoßen. The rare first edition, 18 of the charmingly coloured plates signed by Hayes or members of his family, lacking the 2 preliminary ll. to part 2, otherwise complete, good margins, light traces of damp to lower margin, otherwise hardly any staining or browning, only 11 plates without the original protective tissue papers, in contemporary marbled calf gilt, spine replaced in 19th century, some wear. " " " " " "
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