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Rare and modern books

Millais John Guille

The Natural History of British Game Birds. With Illustrations by Archibald Thorburn and J.G. Millais. 550 COPIES WERE PRINTED; NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S BINDING

Longmans Green & Co., 1909

1897.50 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1909
Author
Millais John Guille
Publishers
Longmans Green & Co.
Keyword
natural history, birds, ornithology, ducks, diving ducks, millais, john guille millais, thorburn, archibald thorburn, groenvold, fine bird books
Languages
English

Description

Folio, First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original tisue guard present), title in red and black, 17 fine coloured plates (all original tissue guards present), 17 fine plates in photogravure (all original tissue guards present) and 2 illustrations in the text; original burgundy cloth, upper board ruled and lettered in gilt, red buckram back lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 550 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 494). A splendid copy of this magnificent example of Millais's bird artistry. SETS IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BINDING IN THIS CONDITION ARE RARE. Mullens & Swann, p.406; Tate, p.235.
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