FIVE VOLUMES IN ORIGINAL BROWN CLOTH. EX-PUBLIC LIBRARY WITH NEAT LABEL ON EACH FRONT PASTEDOWN AND PAPER LABEL ON EACH SPINE. BLIND STAMPS. A VERY GOOD SET. A CATALOGUE OF THE EGGS IN THE MUSEUM COLLECTION THE FIRST SINCE 1852. NEARLY 70000 SPECIMENS FROM 3890 SPECIES ARE CONSIDERED. WITH 79 COLOUR PLATES THOSE IN VOLUME 1 AFFECTED BY FOXING OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. A SCARCE SET. POSTAGE AT COST.
VERY GOOD COPY IN BLUE BOARDS WITH PURPLE SPINE. PRESENTED BY MR. AND MRS. FRANK LLOYD IN 1921 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CERAMICS AND ETHNOGRAPHY IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
THE COLLECTION ASSEMBLED AT THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM CAMBRIDGE. TWO VOLUMES REPRINT LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES FINE BOOKS IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAPPERS. QUARTO VOLUME 1 430 pp VOLUME 2 265 pp. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE. TWO VERY HEAVY VOLUMES WILL INCUR EXTRA POSTAGE FOR OVERSEAS.
BEAUTIFULLY BOUND VOLUME IN HALF-LEATHER OVER PALE BLUE BOARDS. TOP EDGES GILT. MARBLED END PAPERS. FIVE RAISED BANDS TO THE SPINE WHICH HAS ELABORATE GILT DECORATION. THIS EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 229. FOLIO SIZE. SECTION ON PICTURES BY TANCRED BORENIUS. SECTION ON TAPESTRY BY A.F. KENDRICK. SECTION ON DRAWINGS AND ENGRAVINGS BY CAMPBELL DODGSON.SERRATED EDGES TO PAGES. 260 PAGES. BOOK MEASURES 11 X 13″. INTERNLL VERY CLEAN AND TIGHT. A MOST HANDSOME BOOK IN A FINE BINDING.”
Author:
CONWAY SIR MARTIN (EDITOR)
Place, Publisher, Date:
1927 COUNTRY LIFE LONDON AND THE ANGLO-BELGIAN UNIION LONDON
