FIRST EDITION. QUARTO. THIS WORK WAS ISSUED IN FOUR PARTS FROM OCTOBER 1895 TO JULY 1896. IT COVERS THE LIMICOLAE ( PLOVERS SANDPIPERS….). IN THIS VOLUME THE PARTS HAVE BEEN BOUND TOGETHER IN RED HALF- LEATHER OVER MARBLE BOARDS. MARBLED END PAPERS AND TEG. FRONT END PAPER HAS BECOME DETACHED BUT IS COMPLETE. SOME FOXING THROUGHOUT. 54 COLOURED PLATES IN TOTAL. WITH LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS AND AN INDEX OF THE AUTHORS QUOTED. THE ORIGINAL COVERS OF THE PARTS HAVE BEEN BOUND IN. A HANDSOME AND UNUSUAL BOOK FROM THE LIBRARY OF SEPTIMUS HEDGES. VERY SCARCE.
FIRST EDITION QUARTO REBOUND IN HALF LEATHER NEW ENDPAPERS. THIS WORK WAS ISSUED IN FOUR PARTS FROM OCTOBER 1895 TO JULY 1896. IT COVERS THE LIMICOLAE ( PLOVERS SANDPIPERS….). WITH 54 COLOURED PLATES LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS AND AN INDEX OF THE AUTHORS QUOTED. A HANDSOME BOOK CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. VERY SCARCE.
THE WORK WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 24 PARTS (1905-1910). THIS SET COMPRISES 2O OF THE 24 PARTS AND THEREFORE 85 OF THE 106 COLOUR PLATES OF EGGS ALL WITH THE ORIGINAL CARD COVERS. PARTS 3/4 AND 23/24 ARE MISSING. A VERY SCARCE WORK.
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EXTRACTED FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM GENERAL CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS. FOUR VOLUMES. VOLUME 1: GENERALITIES PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION. VOLUME 2: SOCIAL SCIENCES PURE SCIENCES TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS. VOLUME 3: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. VOLUME 4: GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY. A TOTAL OF 4388 PAGES IN THE FOUR VOLUMES. VOLUME 1 HAS FIVE SPOTS TO THE FRONT COVER OTHERWISE VERY FINE COPIES IN GREY CLOTH WITH RED SPINES.
1ST EDITION. LARGE OCTAVO PICTORIAL CLOTH. PRESENTED TO THE SIR JAMES KNOTT LIBRARY BY W.C.A. HUTCHINSON WITH HIS SIGNATURE. EX UNIVERSITY LIBRARY COPY. PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY HELD IN GERMANY IN 1974 WITH 478 FI GURES 42 TABLES AND 865 PAGES. HAS BEEN DAMAGED AND IS SLIGHTLY WARPED WITH CREASED LOWER EDGE PAGES.