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Selby (Prideaux J.) The Natural History of Parrots (The Naturalist's Library, Ornithology, vol. VI
Selby (Prideaux J.)
The Natural History of Parrots (The Naturalist's Library, Ornithology, vol. VI, Parrots), 1836, portrait of Thomas Bewick, hand-coloured title, 26 (of 30) hand-coloured plates after Edward Lear, (with three of the missing plates present in mounts), 'presented by J. Mackie to J. (?Jane) Bewick, Feb 1872, several corrections in 'Memoir of Thomas Bewick', apparently by someone biased towards Bewick, a.e.g., publisher's morocco gilt
The Natural History of Parrots (The Naturalist's Library, Ornithology, vol. VI, Parrots), 1836, portrait of Thomas Bewick, hand-coloured title, 26 (of 30) hand-coloured plates after Edward Lear, (with three of the missing plates present in mounts), 'presented by J. Mackie to J. (?Jane) Bewick, Feb 1872, several corrections in 'Memoir of Thomas Bewick', apparently by someone biased towards Bewick, a.e.g., publisher's morocco gilt
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