Lilford, Lord. Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands. 1st. Ed. Pub. R.H. Porter, London. 1885-1897
Seven volume set. With photogravure portrait frontis., and 422 chromolithograph or hand-coloured plates. Royal 8vo. TEG. Minor amount of foxing and off-setting, o/w. contents in fine condition. Original half morocco leather over marbled boards bound by R.H. Porter. Raised bands and lettered in gilt to spine. All in near fine condition (neat restoration to front bottom corner of Vol. 7) spines very gently sunned as is usual for this leather, very gently rubbed to extremities. A most pleasing set.
Preferred first edition. In this set, Volume IV has an additional plate of the Turtle Dove drawn by Archibald Thorburn (Mullens and Swann) which is not always present. The majority of the plates are by Archibald Thorburn or J.G. Keulemans, with the remainder executed by G.E. Lodge and W. Foster.
£3,250.00 [Ref: 54369]