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British ornithology : being the history with a coloured representation of every known species of British birds / by George Graves, assisted by several eminent ornithologists

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Author:
Graves, George 1754-1839  Search this
Ill:
Howitt, Samuel 1765?-1822  Search this
Edwards, Sydenham 1769?-1819  Search this
Former owner:
Cooper Union Library DSI  Search this
Bookseller:
William Brown (Firm : Edinburgh, Scotland) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
3 v., [144] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
1811
1821
1811-1821
Notes:
Issued in parts between 1811 and 1821. The 3rd v., with a t.p. dated 1821, also serves as the 3rd v. for the 2nd ed. of this work. For a discussion of the work's publication, and particularly its illustrators, see C.E. Jackson, Bird etchings, p. 190-200.
Hand-colored ill., attributed primarily to Graves, S. Howitt, and S.T. Edwards.
Freeman, R.B. British nat. hist. books, 1495-1900, 1415
BM (nat. hist.), v. 2, p. 709
Also available online.
CHMRB copy (v. 1, 39088009903964; v. 2, 39088009903725) has v. 1-2 only; v. 1 has 57 leaves of plates and v. 2 has 39 leaves of plates.
CHMRB copy has bookplates: 1. Purchased by the Mary Stuart Book Fund ... Cooper Union Library; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Preservation supported by the Smithsonian Women's Committee. Accession nos. 2216-2217.
CHMRB copy has bookseller's label on front paste-down endpapers: William Brown, fine art & antiquarian bookseller ... Edinburgh.
CHMRB copy has later gilt-tooled black half-morocco binding with marbled paper boards; raised bands; marbled endpapers; in later archival box for preservation. Binding signed: Bound for William Brown, Edinburgh.
Elecresource
Topic:
Birds  Search this
Call number:
QL690.G7 G73 1811
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_704125