The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I

The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I

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Thomas Powys, Lord Lilford | Notes on the birds of Northamptonshire, 1895, 2 volumes, one of 100 large paper copies

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May 18, 05:10 PM GMT

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500 - 700 GBP

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Thomas Powys, Lord Lilford


Notes on the birds of Northamptonshire and neighbourhood. London: R.H. Porter, 1895


FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 100 LARGE PAPER COPIES, 2 volumes, 4to (280 x 215mm.), half-title, frontispiece, dedication, plates (woodcuts and photogravures), photogravures after Lodge and Thorburn, folding map backed onto linen at end of volume 2, crushed red morocco gilt by Bickers & Son, top edge gilt


A FINE COPY.


LITERATURE:

Nissen IVB 564; Zimmer, p. 400