FIRST EDITION TWO VOLUMES COMPLETE LARGE QUARTO VERY HANDSOMELY BOUND IN HALF RED MOROCCO OVER RED CLOTH RAISED BANDS GILT TITLES AND DECORATIONS TO SPINE T.E.G. WITH 50 COLOUR PLATES AND PEN AND INK SKETCHES IN THE TEXT. SMART BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. A VERY GOOD AND HANDSOME SET. POSTAGE AT COST.
FIRST EDITION TWO VOLUMES COMPLETE ORIGINAL RED CLOTH LARGE QUARTO WITH 50 COLOUR PLATES AND PEN AND INK SKETCHES IN THE TEXT. T.E.G. EX. LIB COPY BUT THE ONLY EVIDENCE OF THIS ARE TWO STAMPS IN VOL. 1. AND AN ACCESSION NUMBER TO THE FOOT OF THE SPINES. SLIGHT WEAR TO THE SPINES BUT VERY GOOD. POSTAGE AT COST.
2ND EDITION. VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. FULL DESCRIPTIONS ECOLOGICAL DETAILS AND FIGURES OF OVER 200 SPECIES ILLUSTRATED BY BY THE AUTHOR AND A FOREWORD BY PAUL RICHARDS.
FIRST EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES. NO DATE BUT 1831-38 WITH THE SECOND VOLUME BEING PUBLISHED BY CURRIE AND BOWMAN OF NEWCASTLE. A.E.G. HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS GILT PAGE EDGES. WITH 155 HAND-COLOURED PLATES OF EGGS BY HEWITSON. ANTIQUARIAN BOOKPLATE TO EACH VOLUME. SOME FOXING TO THE ENDPAPERS OF BOTH VOLUMES THEREAFTER VERY CLEAN WITH ONLY SPORADIC FOXING TO VOLUME 2. ALMOST ALL PLATES VERY CLEAN. FIRMLY BOUND. SLIGHT SCUFFING TO THE LEATHER BUT A VERY GOOD SET. VERY SCARCE INDEED.
