![202Birds.- Hayes (W.) Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, with their Descriptions from the Menagery of Osterly Park, first edition, 100 fine hand-coloured engraved plates after Hayes, his wife and children, some captions trimmed, some foxing, soiling and light staining, lacking the frontispiece as often, later calf, gilt, spine gilt with bird motifs, [Fine Bird Books, p. 80; Nissen IVB 422; Zimmer, p. 294], 4to, W. Bulmer and Co, 1794-[99].
*** Provenance: Jacob John Whittington (armorial bookplate); Jacob Whittington (printed book label beneath); Goodwyn Barmby (bookplate). Also with the bookseller's ticket of J. Rodwell (successor to Mr. Faulder, the publisher of the work).](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/90e5a86a-a2bb-ef11-8a6d-6045bd0f8fa8/4d4dbe17-27bd-ef11-8a6d-6045bdcf395d.webp "202Birds.- Hayes (W.) Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, with their Descriptions from the Menagery of Osterly Park, first edition, 100 fine hand-coloured engraved plates after Hayes, his wife and children, some captions trimmed, some foxing, soiling and light staining, lacking the frontispiece as often, later calf, gilt, spine gilt with bird motifs, [Fine Bird Books, p. 80; Nissen IVB 422; Zimmer, p. 294], 4to, W. Bulmer and Co, 1794-[99].
*** Provenance: Jacob John Whittington (armorial bookplate); Jacob Whittington (printed book label beneath); Goodwyn Barmby (bookplate). Also with the bookseller's ticket of J. Rodwell (successor to Mr. Faulder, the publisher of the work).")
Lot 202
Birds.- Hayes (W.) Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, with their Descriptions from the Menagery of Osterly Park, first edition, W. Bulmer and Co, 1794-[99].
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000
Description
Birds.- Hayes (W.) Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, with their Descriptions from the Menagery of Osterly Park, first edition, 100 fine hand-coloured engraved plates after Hayes, his wife and children, some captions trimmed, some foxing, soiling and light staining, lacking the frontispiece as often, later calf, gilt, spine gilt with bird motifs, [Fine Bird Books, p. 80; Nissen IVB 422; Zimmer, p. 294], 4to, W. Bulmer and Co, 1794-[99].
⁂ Provenance: Jacob John Whittington (armorial bookplate); Jacob Whittington (printed book label beneath); Goodwyn Barmby (bookplate). Also with the bookseller's ticket of J. Rodwell (successor to Mr. Faulder, the publisher of the work).
Description
Birds.- Hayes (W.) Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, with their Descriptions from the Menagery of Osterly Park, first edition, 100 fine hand-coloured engraved plates after Hayes, his wife and children, some captions trimmed, some foxing, soiling and light staining, lacking the frontispiece as often, later calf, gilt, spine gilt with bird motifs, [Fine Bird Books, p. 80; Nissen IVB 422; Zimmer, p. 294], 4to, W. Bulmer and Co, 1794-[99].
⁂ Provenance: Jacob John Whittington (armorial bookplate); Jacob Whittington (printed book label beneath); Goodwyn Barmby (bookplate). Also with the bookseller's ticket of J. Rodwell (successor to Mr. Faulder, the publisher of the work).
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