Resultados de búsqueda: portraits of rare and curious birds de william hayes

Two volumes in one. Bound in early twentieth century half green morocco over green cloth boards. Five raised bands with gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. From the library of H. Bradley Martin with his modest bookplate to front pastedown. Includes Sotheby's lot-bookmark from the famous sale. As is common, this volume lacks the title preliminaries to volume two. Complete with 101 attractive hand colored full-page plates. Plate 19-26, 35-36, and 83-86 are bound out of order. Other than Bradley's plate, no previous owners' names or other defacements.

London: Printed By W. Bulmer and Co, and Published for the Author Two volumes bound as one, and includes the original very scarce title page and dedication pages for volume II. Volume I was published in 1794 and volume II in 1799. 101 full page, hand colored, illustrations plates, with at least 18 being signed and dated by the artist. Original boards retained, and recased in full polished leather with raised spine bands, gilt stamped lettering and decoration, and hand tooled border over boards. Original hand tooled leather edge inside covers, and marbled end leaves. Bound by J. Bohn, No 31 Frith St., Soho, London. Blank end leaves are slightly soiled. Occasional light smudges and very slight foxing. Occasional very slight offsetting of coloring onto text. Collated and complete, with all plates being very good to near fine. Beautiful and bright. An exceptional example of this very scarce and desirable title. . First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.