EDWARDS GEORGE. A Natural History of Birds, Most of Which h...
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EDWARDS GEORGE. A Natural History of Birds, Most of Which have not been Figur'd or Describ'd & Others Very Little Known from Obscure or Too Brief Descriptions Without Figures, or from Figures Very Ill Design'd. Quarto in defective bdgs. but with hand col. eng. frontis & 104 (of 105) good hand col. plates, mainly of birds but several of quadrupeds. Eng. port. of "Un Samojeed". 1743.
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Bindings defective with top board detached but present. One or two leaves loose. Tanning & light foxing, spotting & thumbing but the plates bright & attractive. 105 plates called for, lacking plate at p83. Sold as seen.
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EDWARDS GEORGE. A Natural History of Birds, Most of Which have not been Figur'd or Describ'd & Others Very Little Known from Obscure or Too Brief Descriptions Without Figures, or from Figures Very Ill Design'd. Quarto in defective bdgs. but with hand col. eng. frontis & 104 (of 105) good hand col. plates, mainly of birds but several of quadrupeds. Eng. port. of "Un Samojeed". 1743.
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Bindings defective with top board detached but present. One or two leaves loose. Tanning & light foxing, spotting & thumbing but the plates bright & attractive. 105 plates called for, lacking plate at p83. Sold as seen.
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