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BIRDS' EGGS OF THE BRITISH ISLES

Name: BIRDS' EGGS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Author: Arthur G Butler
ISBN: N/A

Book Description

This is a meticulous work on birds' eggs by the former Senior Assistant-Keeper of Zoology at the natural History Museum, (London). The plates are visually stunning and are a joy to view for anybody who appreciates the chromolithographic process in its heyday. It includes various rarities like 2 eggs of the Great Auk.

Author Arthur G Butler

Date No date given (probably 1890s)

Binding Dappled grey-green cloth over boards with green leather spine & corners. Gilt titles on front cover & spine.

Publisher Brumby & Clarke (London)

Illustrator 24 Coloured plates (chromolithographs), illustrating 475 specimens, from drawings by F W FROHAWK.

Condition G+ Firm binding (Light scuffing at top & bottom of spine. Weak hinge at front, reinforced. Owners' signature 'B & K Leng' inside front cover)

Pages 106

Price: £135.00

Offered by Geoff Cox Books

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