Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs / by H.L. MeyÌer
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Bentley and Henry Fley."}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "Engraved vignette on t.p.'s."}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "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)."}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "The numbers 133-134 were omitted from the pagination of v. 7 by the printer, with no loss of text."}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "\"[L]ist of the principal London bird-stuffers\": v. 7, p. 202."}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "Wood, C.A. Vertebrate zoology, p. 462"}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbu\u00cc\u0088cher, 628"}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., I, p. 433"}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "Also available online."}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "Elecresource"}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "SCNHRB has two copies: c. 1 is complete; and c. 2 lacks the illustrated leaves of plates."}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "SCNHRB c. 1 has plate 55 misbound after plate 56 in v. 2."}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplates: 1. (Armorial) Daniel Rutter; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased with funds from Celia Barteau."}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "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."}, {"label": "Notes", "content": "SCNHRB c. 2 is imperfect: p. 141-144 (to accompany plate CLXIV, the Heron) are wanting in v. 3. 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