Lilford (Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron): Coloured
Lilford (Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron) Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 7 vol., First Edition, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 421 chromolithographic plates after Foster, Lodge, Keulemans, and Thorburn, all leaves and plates mounted on linen guards, numbered neatly in pencil, spotting and some damp staining throughout, some tears, publisher’s green morocco gilt, some boards bowed, vol. 3 with cover coming loose at rear, t.e.g., large 8vo, [Fine Bird Books, p.91; Nissen IVB 563; Zimmer, p.399], R. H. Porter, 1885 - 1897 (7)
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Lilford (Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron) Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 7 vol., First Edition, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 421 chromolithographic plates after Foster, Lodge, Keulemans, and Thorburn, all leaves and plates mounted on linen guards, numbered neatly in pencil, spotting and some damp staining throughout, some tears, publisher’s green morocco gilt, some boards bowed, vol. 3 with cover coming loose at rear, t.e.g., large 8vo, [Fine Bird Books, p.91; Nissen IVB 563; Zimmer, p.399], R. H. Porter, 1885 - 1897 (7)
