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    By Edward Stanley
    London   Longmans, Green and Co
    7" by 5" xiii [2], 2-446pp
    A handsomely bound full calf edition of Edward Stanley's work on the history of birds, charmingly illustrated throughout.
    By Edward Stanley

    1865 A Familiar History of Birds

    London   Longmans, Green and Co
    7" by 5" xiii [2], 2-446pp
    A handsomely bound full calf edition of Edward Stanley's work on the history of birds, charmingly illustrated throughout.
    £149.00
    : 1kgs / : 945F1
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    Description

    Illustrated, Leather Binding

    A new edition of this comprehensive work by the late Edward Stanley, in an attractive full calf binding, with gilt detailing to the back strip.

    Illustrated with a frontispiece, and with charming vignettes throughout.

    Edward Stanley, Lord Bishop of Norwich between 1837-1849, wrote this ornithological work, providing a comprehensive overview of various species of birds alongside their history, features and ways of life.

    With the bookplate of Philip Edmondson to a front blank, and with a further morocco bookplate to the front pastedown.

    Condition

    In a full calf binding, with gilt detailing to back strip. Externally, lovely. Morocco bookplate to front pastedown, with further bookplate to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot.

    Very Good Indeed

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