Birds.- Sweet (Robert) The British Warblers. An Account of the Genus Sylvia..., 16 hand-coloured engraved plates by E.D.Smith, with 'Additional Remarks' and final signature E1 & 2 (pp. 45-48), plates with occasional spotting and offset, later half morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded, a couple of small holes to upper joint caused by insects, [Fine Bird Books p.146; Nissen IVB 919], 8vo, for the Author, 1823 [-1829]. ⁂ Issued in 1823 with only 6 plates but extended to 11 plates by 1828 and 16 plates by 1829. The final two leaves contain short descriptions of plates 10-16 but the names do not correspond to those in the main text descriptions.
Birds.- Sweet (Robert) The British Warblers. An Account of the Genus Sylvia..., 16 hand-coloured engraved plates by E.D.Smith, with 'Additional Remarks' and final signature E1 & 2 (pp. 45-48), plates with occasional spotting and offset, later half morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded, a couple of small holes to upper joint caused by insects, [Fine Bird Books p.146; Nissen IVB 919], 8vo, for the Author, 1823 [-1829]. ⁂ Issued in 1823 with only 6 plates but extended to 11 plates by 1828 and 16 plates by 1829. The final two leaves contain short descriptions of plates 10-16 but the names do not correspond to those in the main text descriptions.
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