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S. & J. Bentley, Wilson & Fley: Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs  wikidata:Q51457609 reasonator:Q51457609
Author
Meyer, H. L. (Henry Leonard), d. 1864
Meyer, H. L. (Henry Leonard), d. 1864. Illustrations of British birds
Rutter, Daniel, former owner. DSI
Rolle, Mark, former owner. DSI
S. & J. Bentley, Wilson & Fley, printer
S. & J. Bentley and Henry Fley, printer
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Title
Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs
Volume v. 4 (1847)
Publisher
London : G.W. Nickisson
Object type publication Edit this at Wikidata
Description
First octavo ed.; based upon Meyer's Illustrations of British birds, published in 9 folio volumes between 1835 and 1850
Issued in parts
Vol. 3-7 published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co
Vol. 1-5 printed by S. & J. Bentley, Wilson, and Fley; v. 6-7 printed by S. & J. Bentley and Henry Fley
Engraved vignette on t.p.'s
Collation of each volume: v. 1. iv, 230 p., 62 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 1-45, 12 unnumbered egg plates, and 5 unnumbered uncolored plates); v. 2. iv, 233, [1] p., 58 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 46-90, and 13 unnumbered egg plates); v. 3. iv, 240 p., 60 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 91-135, and 15 unnumbered egg plates); v. 4. iv, 214, [2] p., 60 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 136-180, and 15 unnumbered egg plates); v. 5. iv, 192 p., 60 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 181-225, and 15 unnumbered egg plates); v. 6. iv, 185 p., 60 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 226-270, 14 unnumbered egg plates, and 1 unnumbered uncolored plate); v. 7. viii, 206 p., 71 leaves of plates (52 colored plates numbered 271-322, 17 unnumbered egg plates, and 2 unnumbered uncolored plates)
The numbers 133-134 were omitted from the pagination of v. 7 by the printer, with no loss of text
"[L]ist of the principal London bird-stuffers": v. 7, p. 202
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Wood, C.A. Vertebrate zoology
Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbücher
Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib.
Raymond M. Sutton, Jr.;
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SCNHRB has two copies: c. 1 is complete; and c. 2 lacks the illustrated leaves of plates
SCNHRB c. 1 has plate 55 misbound after plate 56 in v. 2
SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplates: 1. (Armorial) Daniel Rutter; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased with funds from Celia Barteau
SCNHRB c. 1 has a later green half-leather binding with marbled paper boards; gilt-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; and top-edge gilt; re-backed
SCNHRB c. 2 is imperfect: p. 141-144 (to accompany plate CLXIV, the Heron) are wanting in v. 3. None of the leaves of plates are present in c. 2
SCNRHB c. 2 has armorial bookplate of Mark Rolle, with motto: Nec rege nec populo sed utroque
SCNHRB c. 2 has a gilt-tooled half-leather binding with brown embossed cloth boards, raised bands, and red sprinkled edges

Subjects: Birds; Birds; Birds; Taxidermists; Birds
Language eng
Publication date 1842
publication_date QS:P577,+1842-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Place of publication London Edit this at Wikidata
Notes leaf 29 upside-down. irregular page numbering.
Authority file  OCLC: 1042144398
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