DONOVAN, EDWARD

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, AND FOR F. AND C RIVINGTON, 1794-1798

5 volumes, 8vo (233x 143mm.), 124 hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary straight-grained red morocco, covers with Greek key and triple fillet borders gilt, occasional internal spotting or soiling, some wear to spine ends and joints, spines faded

There was an 11-year gap between the publication of volume 5 and 6; hence seღts of the first five volumes we🦋re often bound up separately, as here.

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Nissen IVB 257

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