Lilford | Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands, London, 1885-97, second edition, 7 vols

Books from a Private Collection

Lord Thomas Littleton Powys Lilford

Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands. London: Taylor and Francis, 1891-1897

Second edition, 7 volumes, 8vo (252 x 175 mm.), list of subscribers, 421 chromo- and hand-coloured lithographed plates mainly after A. Thorburn and J.G. Keulemans, photographic frontispiece of Lilford, contemporary brown half morocco, spines gilt in six compartments, top edges gilt, others uncut, a fine set

PROVENANCE:

A. Leonard Fuller, armorial bookplate

LITERATURE:

Anker 308; Fine Bird Books, p. 91; McGill/Wood 436; Mullens & Swann 354; Nissen IVB 563