Book of Birds: Edited and Abridged from the Text of Buffon.
by M. Achille Comte (translated from the original by Benjamin Clarke)
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hexham, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
R. Tyas; London., 1841. Hard. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Victor Adam. . Very good. Contemporaneous brown half morocco and green cloth. Gilt lettering and tooling to spine. Moderate wear. Marbled endpapers. Neatly penned contemporaneous gift inscription to free front endpaper verso. Somewhat thumbed with light foxing throughout. All edges gilt. xxxi prelims, 292pp. 4to. 10". Published by R. Tyas, London, 1841. First edition, first printing. Illustrated by 150 Designs, by Victor Adam. Contains 38 plates of engravings, illustrating 150 birds, each plate exquisitely hand-coloured. A fantastic survey with most plates containing two species, including many rarely illustrated birds, such as the Penguin, Ostrich, Goosander and Swan.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ryan OHorne Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012778
- Title
- Book of Birds: Edited and Abridged from the Text of Buffon.
- Author
- M. Achille Comte (translated from the original by Benjamin Clarke)
- Illustrator
- Victor Adam.
- Format/Binding
- Hard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- R. Tyas; London.
- Date Published
- 1841
- Pages
- 292
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 2.91 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals;
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Ryan OHorne Books
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Hexham, Northumberland
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...