Live auction - Lot 420

[Ornithology]

MEŸER, Henry Leonard

Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs.

London, Simpkin, Marshall, & Co [vol. 1-2: G. Willis], [1842]-1850 [vol. 1-2: 1853]


Hammer price: € 600

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7 vol., 8vo (some foxing, some pp. unopened).

Contemp. three-quarter green shagreen, marbled paper boards with gilt fillet, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, gilt top edges (faded spines, joints starting to split, dulled corners).

First 8vo edition (1st ed. folio under the title "Illustrations of British birds": 1835-1841 & 1837-1844) with vol. 1-2 from a later edition. Various number of pl. from one copy to another. Ours with 434 lithogr. pl. of which 426 hand-coloured and 8 in black. H.L. Meÿer (1797-1865) was a British artist and naturalist.
Ref. Nissen (IVB) 628 (432 pl.). - Wood 462 (id.).

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Lot 420

Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs.

MEŸER, Henry Leonard

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