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    By T. W. Wood
    London   Groombridge and Sons
    9" by 6" [2], 64pp.
    Beautiful guide to interesting specimens of ornithology, featuring ten accompanying chromolithographs.
    By T. W. Wood

    [1871] Curiosities of Ornithology

    London   Groombridge and Sons
    9" by 6" [2], 64pp.
    Beautiful guide to interesting specimens of ornithology, featuring ten accompanying chromolithographs.
    £140.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 983B5
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    Description

    Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated

    The first edition of the work. 

    Rebacked colour edition by T. W. Wood and other eminent artists.

    Featuring a frontispiece and nine further chromolithographs. Collated complete.

    Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library.

    This is an enlightening guide on wondrous and interesting birds ranging from the birds of paradise to the owl-parrot (or kakapo) of New Zealand. Accompanying colour plates bring the species to life.

    Condition

    Rebacked cloth edition, with spine laid down. Externally, very smart with some marking to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with slight spotting to the first and last few pages and tissue guards.

    Very Good Indeed

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