Lot No: 9182

Natural History, 6 volumes, comprising Montagu: 'The Ornithological Dictionary; or, Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds', 1802, 1st edition, 2 volumes in 1, hand coloured engraved frontis, with the 1813 1st edition supplement volume, 24 engraved plates as called for, uniform contemporary calf (worn, rebacked, top board first volume loose); Baron Cuvier: 'The Animal Kingdom', Orr, [nd, circa 1850], engraved title + 33 engraved plates (of which 30 hand coloured), rebound half morocco, 19th Century leather title and compartmental labels laid onto backstrip; Heron: 'Elegant Extracts of Natural History', Edinburgh, 1792, 1st edition, 2 volumes, uniform rebound morocco gilt, plus a 1902 White's 'Natural History of Selborne', prize leather binding, gilt (6)

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