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Birds.- Cotton (John) The Song Birds of Great Britain, 33 hand-coloured engraved plates, 1836.

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Birds.- Cotton (John) The Song Birds of Great Britain, first edition, second issue, presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper, 33 hand-coloured engraved plates, tissue guards, some soiling to plates, mostly marginal, plate 7 'The Goldfinch' with colouring a little smudged, original cloth, uncut, a little worn, rebacked, [Anker p.59; Fine Bird Books p.87; Nissen IVB 206], 8vo, [privately printed], 1836.

⁂ Rare work printed for private circulation. The first 17 plates were originally issued the previous year under the title The Resident Song Birds of Great Britain but reissued with a cancel title and a further 16 plates in this second issue.


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Birds.- Cotton (John) The Song Birds of Great Britain, first edition, second issue, presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper, 33 hand-coloured engraved plates, tissue guards, some soiling to plates, mostly marginal, plate 7 'The Goldfinch' with colouring a little smudged, original cloth, uncut, a little worn, rebacked, [Anker p.59; Fine Bird Books p.87; Nissen IVB 206], 8vo, [privately printed], 1836.

⁂ Rare work printed for private circulation. The first 17 plates were originally issued the previous year under the title The Resident Song Birds of Great Britain but reissued with a cancel title and a further 16 plates in this second issue.

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