Morris (Francis Orpen). A History of British Birds, 6 volumes, 1st edition, London: 1851-1857
Morris (Francis Orpen). A History of British Birds, 6 volumes, 1st edition, London: Groombridge and Sons, 1851-1857, 358 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates, light spotting, original pictorial cloth gilt, backstrips uniformly faded, volume V with tear to head of backstrip, extremities worn & rubbed, 4to, together with:
A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 1st edition, 3 volumes, London: Groombridge and Sons, 1853-55, 225 chromoliothographic plates, light spotting, some dust-soiling to endpapers, original pictorial cloth gilt, backstrips faded, extremities worn & rubbed, 8vo with Butler's British Birds Their Nests and Eggs, 6 volumes, 1896-98 & Sidney's The Book of the Horse
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Morris (Francis Orpen). A History of British Birds, 6 volumes, 1st edition, London: Groombridge and Sons, 1851-1857, 358 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates, light spotting, original pictorial cloth gilt, backstrips uniformly faded, volume V with tear to head of backstrip, extremities worn & rubbed, 4to, together with:
A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 1st edition, 3 volumes, London: Groombridge and Sons, 1853-55, 225 chromoliothographic plates, light spotting, some dust-soiling to endpapers, original pictorial cloth gilt, backstrips faded, extremities worn & rubbed, 8vo with Butler's British Birds Their Nests and Eggs, 6 volumes, 1896-98 & Sidney's The Book of the Horse
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