(Ornithology, Birds), Lilford, (Thomas Littleton Powys, Baron): 'Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Isles', London, R.H. Porter, 1891-1897, 2nd edition, 7 volumes, list of subscribers, portrait frontispiece + 421 chromolithographed or hand-coloured lithographed plates as called for, mainly after Archibald Thorburn & J.G. Keulemans, a/f, several volumes affected by waterstaining/tidemark to lower margin of leaves and plates, Volume V with 59 coloured plates as called for, some plates with some light sporadic foxing, some text leaves with toning/foxing, else plates & leaves generally VGC and not affected by any waterstaining/tidemark; Volume VI with 65 coloured plates as called for, ditto vol V; Volume IV with 65 coloured plates as called for, some plates with some light sporadic foxing, some text leaves with toning/foxing, approximately 40% of plates not affected by any waterstaining/tidemark, approximately 15-20% of plates with light and fairly unobtrusive marginal waterstaining/tidemark, remainder of plates with degrees of more pronounced/obtrusive waterstaining/tidemark (this mainly affecting lower margins of plates only, though some plates with the illustrations themselves just affected also); Volume I portrait frontis + 51 coloured plates as called for, some plates with some light sporadic foxing, some text leaves with toning/foxing, approximately 35% of plates with only extremely light and/or unobtrusive and very small areas of waterstaining/tidemark to edge of lower margin or corner, the remainder of plates with degrees of more pronounced/obtrusive waterstaining/tidemark (though this only affecting lower margins/corners of plates only, two or three with printed caption of plate affected, but none with the actual illustration itself affected); Volume II with 54 coloured plates as called for, some plates with some light sporadic foxing, some text leaves with toning/foxing, a few plates with more pronounced foxing, approximately 10-15% of plates not affected by any waterstaining/tidemark, approximately 30% of plates with only extremely light and/or unobtrusive and very small areas of waterstaining/tidemark to edge of lower margin or corner, the remainder of plates with degrees of more pronounced/obtrusive waterstaining/tidemark (though this only affecting lower margins/corners of plates only, two or three with printed name of lithographer affected, but none with the actual illustration itself affected); Volume III with 66 coloured plates as called for, some plates with some light sporadic foxing, some text leaves with toning/foxing, a few plates with more pronounced foxing, approximately 30-35% of plates with only extremely light and/or unobtrusive and very small areas of waterstaining/tidemark to edge of lower margin or corner, the remainder of plates with degrees of more pronounced/obtrusive waterstaining/tidemark (the majority of these with printed caption/printed caption and small area of image itself affected by waterstaining/tidemark); Volume VII with 61 coloured plates as called for, some plates with some light sporadic foxing, some text leaves with toning/foxing, a small number of text leaves with more pronounced toning/staining/tidemark at foot, a couple affecting text, approximately 20% of plates with only extremely light and/or unobtrusive and very small areas of waterstaining/tidemark to edge of lower margin or corner, the remainder of plates with degrees of more pronounced/obtrusive waterstaining/tidemark (many of these with printed caption/printed caption and small area of image itself affected by waterstaining/tidemark), uniform three quarter morocco gilt over bird design pictorial silk covered boards by W.J. Mansell (lower edge of bindings affected by tidemark) spines decoratively gilt in compartments, top edges gilt, others uncut. The second edition of an important bird book, containing plates by some of the finest nature illustrators of their day, including J. G. Keulemans and Archibald Thorburn
(Ornithology, Birds), Lilford, (Thomas Littleton Powys, Baron): 'Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Isles', London, R.H. Porter, 1891-1897, 2nd edition, 7 volumes, list of subscribers, portrait frontispiece + 421 chromolithographed or hand-coloured lithographed plates as called for, mainly after Archibald Thorburn & J.G. Keulemans, a/f, several volumes affected by waterstaining/tidemark to lower margin of leaves and plates, Volume V with 59 coloured plates as called for, some plates with some light sporadic foxing, some text leaves with toning/foxing, else plates & leaves generally VGC and not affected by any waterstaining/tidemark; Volume VI with 65 coloured plates as called for, ditto vol V; Volume IV with 65 coloured plates as called for, some plates with some light sporadic foxing, some text leaves with toning/foxing, approximately 40% of plates not affected by any waterstaining/tidemark, approximately 15-20% of plates with light and fairly unobtrusive marginal waterstaining/tidemark, remainder of plates with degrees of more pronounced/obtrusive waterstaining/tidemark (this mainly affecting lower margins of plates only, though some plates with the illustrations themselves just affected also); Volume I portrait frontis + 51 coloured plates as called for, some plates with some light sporadic foxing, some text leaves with toning/foxing, approximately 35% of plates with only extremely light and/or unobtrusive and very small areas of waterstaining/tidemark to edge of lower margin or corner, the remainder of plates with degrees of more pronounced/obtrusive waterstaining/tidemark (though this only affecting lower margins/corners of plates only, two or three with printed caption of plate affected, but none with the actual illustration itself affected); Volume II with 54 coloured plates as called for, some plates with some light sporadic foxing, some text leaves with toning/foxing, a few plates with more pronounced foxing, approximately 10-15% of plates not affected by any waterstaining/tidemark, approximately 30% of plates with only extremely light and/or unobtrusive and very small areas of waterstaining/tidemark to edge of lower margin or corner, the remainder of plates with degrees of more pronounced/obtrusive waterstaining/tidemark (though this only affecting lower margins/corners of plates only, two or three with printed name of lithographer affected, but none with the actual illustration itself affected); Volume III with 66 coloured plates as called for, some plates with some light sporadic foxing, some text leaves with toning/foxing, a few plates with more pronounced foxing, approximately 30-35% of plates with only extremely light and/or unobtrusive and very small areas of waterstaining/tidemark to edge of lower margin or corner, the remainder of plates with degrees of more pronounced/obtrusive waterstaining/tidemark (the majority of these with printed caption/printed caption and small area of image itself affected by waterstaining/tidemark); Volume VII with 61 coloured plates as called for, some plates with some light sporadic foxing, some text leaves with toning/foxing, a small number of text leaves with more pronounced toning/staining/tidemark at foot, a couple affecting text, approximately 20% of plates with only extremely light and/or unobtrusive and very small areas of waterstaining/tidemark to edge of lower margin or corner, the remainder of plates with degrees of more pronounced/obtrusive waterstaining/tidemark (many of these with printed caption/printed caption and small area of image itself affected by waterstaining/tidemark), uniform three quarter morocco gilt over bird design pictorial silk covered boards by W.J. Mansell (lower edge of bindings affected by tidemark) spines decoratively gilt in compartments, top edges gilt, others uncut. The second edition of an important bird book, containing plates by some of the finest nature illustrators of their day, including J. G. Keulemans and Archibald Thorburn
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