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A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
Bree, Charles Robert, 1811-1886
Fawcett, Benjamin, 1808-1893, engraver
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles
Volume v.2 (1860)
Publisher
London : Groombridge and Sons ...
Description
statement of responsibility: by Charles Robert Bree
"B. Fawcett, engraver and printer ... Driffield" --Colophon
"Considerable confusion exists in the dates of publication as recorded for this work. ... [T]he work appears to have been issued in 59 (or more) parts, of which the 1st appeared early in 1859 and the 58th (which completed the work except for the appendix, pp. 185 et seq.) in July 1863." --Zimmer
The plates are accompanied by blank tissue guard-sheets
citation/reference: Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., p. 87-88
action: extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX
"Bibliography": v. 4, p. [245]-248; index: v. 4, p. [249]-250]
Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib
extracted picklist
BIRDRB and the Dibner Library each have one copy of the set
BIRDRB copy imperfect: p. 173-174 (and accompanying plates?) of v. 1 are wanting
BIRDRB v. 3 has imprint (printing?) date on t.p.: 1864
BIRDRB copy has dates stamped on the final p. of each volume, as follows: v. 1, March 6, 1861; v. 2, May 25, 1861; v. 3, Apr. 19, 1864; v. 4, Apr. 19, 1864
BIRDRB v. 4 has bookplate: Library of Congress. [Smithsonian Deposit.] Chap. 12, 4. Shelf. United States of America
BIRDRB copy has v. 1 in a red buckram library binding with original front cover preserved; v. 2-4 are in blind-stamped red cloth publisher's bindings with gilt-stamped spine and front cover, with publisher's advertisements on the endpapers
Dibner library copy has bookplate: A.F.L
Dibner Library copy from the Tucker collection
Dibner Library copy bound in old green half-morocco over red marbled paper boards; gilt-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt

Subjects: Pictorial works; Birds
Language English
Publication date 1859
publication_date QS:P577,+1859-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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IA Collections: biodiversity
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historybirdsEurIIBree
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Internet Archive identifier: historybirdsEurIIBree
https://archive.org/download/historybirdsEurIIBree/historybirdsEurIIBree.pdf

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