By R. Bowdler Sharpe
London   Edward Lloyd, Limited
7.5" by 5" xi, 340; xi, 308; xvii, 314; xii, 338pp
A vibrantly illustrated guide to the birds of Great Britain, written by English zoologist and ornithologist R. Bowdler Sharpe.
By R. Bowdler Sharpe

1896-1897 Lloyd's Natural History: A Hand-Book to the Birds of Great Britain

London   Edward Lloyd, Limited
7.5" by 5" xi, 340; xi, 308; xvii, 314; xii, 338pp
A vibrantly illustrated guide to the birds of Great Britain, written by English zoologist and ornithologist R. Bowdler Sharpe.
£225.00
: 1.5kgs / : 933Y16

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Description

Colour Plates, Early Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

An early edition, complete here in four volumes for the 'Lloyd's Natural History' series. 

First published from 1894-1897 for 'Allen's Naturalist's Library'. 

Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth. 

Illustrated with an array of coloured plates, including thirty-one to volume I; twenty-seven to volume II; thirty-five to volume III, and thirty-one to volume IV. With numerous in-text figures. 

Collated, complete.

A charming ornithological study of the birds of Great Britain, including each species' characteristics, habitats and behaviours. 

Including woodpeckers, eagles, crows, grebes, doves and many more species. 

Written by English zoologist and ornithologist, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, who worked as a curator of the bird collection at the British Museum of natural history. 

With systematic indices to the beginning of each volume.

Condition

In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting and a few scattered spots to the endpapers only.

Very Good Indeed

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