SAUNDERS, Howard. Manual of British Birds ... One Volume extended to Six by the Addition of nearly 500 Coloured Plates of Birds and Eggs . London: Gurney and Jackson, 1889. One volume extended to 6, 8° (220 x 135mm). Wood-engraved illustrations, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with c.500 plates of birds and eggs, errata leaf in vol. one (occasional mainly marginal spotting), green crushed morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, spines gilt in compartments, top edges gilt. Provenance : Robert Clayton (armorial bookplate). Thomas BEWICK Works, London: Bernard Quaritch, 1885-1887. 5 volumes, 8° (250 x 150mm). Wood-engraved illustrations after Thomas Bewick Contemporary half brown morocco gilt, spines gilt in compartments, top edges gilt (lightly rubbed). MEMORIAL EDITION. NO. 525 OF 750 COPIES. together with Henry Seebohm A History of British Birds (London, 1883-85, 4 vols.), bound in morocco and calf respectively. (15)
SAUNDERS, Howard. Manual of British Birds ... One Volume extended to Six by the Addition of nearly 500 Coloured Plates of Birds and Eggs . London: Gurney and Jackson, 1889. One volume extended to 6, 8° (220 x 135mm). Wood-engraved illustrations, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with c.500 plates of birds and eggs, errata leaf in vol. one (occasional mainly marginal spotting), green crushed morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, spines gilt in compartments, top edges gilt. Provenance : Robert Clayton (armorial bookplate). Thomas BEWICK Works, London: Bernard Quaritch, 1885-1887. 5 volumes, 8° (250 x 150mm). Wood-engraved illustrations after Thomas Bewick Contemporary half brown morocco gilt, spines gilt in compartments, top edges gilt (lightly rubbed). MEMORIAL EDITION. NO. 525 OF 750 COPIES. together with Henry Seebohm A History of British Birds (London, 1883-85, 4 vols.), bound in morocco and calf respectively. (15)
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