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YARREL, William (1784-1856). A History of British Birds. London: John van Voorst, [1837]-1846. 3 volumes (including the 2 supplements), 8° (250 x 156mm). Half-titles, 551 wood-engraved illustrations, and 31 in the supplements, mainly by and after Thompson. (A few spots.) Late 19th-century green morocco gilt by F. Bedford, gilt edges (spines lightly sunfaded and rubbed). Provenance : Sir Henry Hope Edwardes, 10th Baronet (1829-1900; bookplate). FIRST EDITION of this landmark in British ornithology. WIDE-MARGINED COPY. BM (NH) V, 2372; Mullens & Swann 670; Nissen IVB 1029; Wood 697.
YARREL, William (1784-1856). A History of British Birds. London: John van Voorst, [1837]-1846. 3 volumes (including the 2 supplements), 8° (250 x 156mm). Half-titles, 551 wood-engraved illustrations, and 31 in the supplements, mainly by and after Thompson. (A few spots.) Late 19th-century green morocco gilt by F. Bedford, gilt edges (spines lightly sunfaded and rubbed). Provenance : Sir Henry Hope Edwardes, 10th Baronet (1829-1900; bookplate). FIRST EDITION of this landmark in British ornithology. WIDE-MARGINED COPY. BM (NH) V, 2372; Mullens & Swann 670; Nissen IVB 1029; Wood 697. YARREL, W. A History of British Fishes. London: John van Voorst, [1835]-1836 [supplement in vol. I: 1839]. 2 volumes, 8° (252 x 155mm). Half-titles, circa 400 wood-engraved illustrations by and after C. Gray and E.and M.H. Landells. (Occasional light spotting, stronger at beginning and end of volumes.) Uniformly bound with the work above. Provenance : Sir Henry Hope Edwardes, 10th Baronet (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, WIDE-MARGINED COPY. BM (NH) V, 2372; Nissen ZBI 4488. With Thomas Bell’s A History of British Quadrupeds (London, 1837) bound with the same author’s A History of British Reptiles (London, 1839), illustrated with wood-engravings and uniformly bound with the works above (cover scuffed). Both first editions.