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Lot 357

EDWARDS, GEORGE: ‘A NATURAL HISTORY OF UNCOMMON BIRDS’

volumes 1-3, fo, printed for the author at the College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London, 1743-51, together with 'Gleanings of Natural History', volumes 1-4, 1758-64, all bound uniformly in red three-quarter leather with marbled boards (7)

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Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Hammer price: £7,150
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

The series appears to be complete. Expected surface wear throughout with some staining and damp damage to the edges, with some damage to the binding. 

Internally the colours of plates are bright, but there are a few slight tears to a few pages, together with scattered light foxing.

First editions: 

I - 1743 - 52 colour plates 

II - 1747 -  53 colour plates 

III - 1750 (front fly leaf stuck to next page) - 57 colour plates 

IV - 1751 (some staining to the last page) - 53 colour plates 

V - 1758 - 48 colour plates 

VI - 1760 - 50 colour plates. Has a handwritten errata note bound in to front. 

VII - 1764 (loose front cover) - 50 colour plates 


Volumes are 32cm high x 25cm deep.


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