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SEEBOHM, HENRY - Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds.
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$150 - $250
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$200
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SEEBOHM, HENRY
Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds.
Sheffield: Pawson and Brailsford 1896. xxiv, 304p, with 60 (1-58, 58a, 59) full page chromolithographic plates with illustrations of hundreds of British bird eggs, accompanied by descriptive notes on the nests and eggs, b & w frontispiece plate of Seebohm; edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe, published shortly after Seebohm's death in 1895. Sprinkle of foxing mostly at margins, light name stamp on front endpaper. 260mm, bound in maroon cloth with gilt rules and titles, VG.
Provenance: Robert A. Wilson, Lethenty, Bulls.
Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds.
Sheffield: Pawson and Brailsford 1896. xxiv, 304p, with 60 (1-58, 58a, 59) full page chromolithographic plates with illustrations of hundreds of British bird eggs, accompanied by descriptive notes on the nests and eggs, b & w frontispiece plate of Seebohm; edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe, published shortly after Seebohm's death in 1895. Sprinkle of foxing mostly at margins, light name stamp on front endpaper. 260mm, bound in maroon cloth with gilt rules and titles, VG.
Provenance: Robert A. Wilson, Lethenty, Bulls.