Lot 355
Birds.- Willughby (Francis) The Ornithology ... in three books, wherein All the Birds hitherto known, first English edition, by A.C. for John Martyn, 1678.
Hammer Price: £1,500
Description
Birds.- Willughby (Francis) The Ornithology ... in three books, wherein All the Birds hitherto known, first English edition, title in red and black, 80 copper engraved plates, 2 letterpress tables, diagrams in text, plates 11, 12 & 66 laid down, plate 10 with short tear (45mm) affecting image edge, several plates with short marginal tears not affecting text (one or two neatly repaired), faint marginal staining, near contemporary signature to blank, scattered faint spotting, later calf, rebacked and recornered, [Wing W2880; Zimmer pp.677-678], folio, by A.C. for John Martyn, 1678.
⁂ A greatly expanded version of Willughby's 1676 Latin text by John Ray, which included essays on falconry and songbirds.
Description
Birds.- Willughby (Francis) The Ornithology ... in three books, wherein All the Birds hitherto known, first English edition, title in red and black, 80 copper engraved plates, 2 letterpress tables, diagrams in text, plates 11, 12 & 66 laid down, plate 10 with short tear (45mm) affecting image edge, several plates with short marginal tears not affecting text (one or two neatly repaired), faint marginal staining, near contemporary signature to blank, scattered faint spotting, later calf, rebacked and recornered, [Wing W2880; Zimmer pp.677-678], folio, by A.C. for John Martyn, 1678.
⁂ A greatly expanded version of Willughby's 1676 Latin text by John Ray, which included essays on falconry and songbirds.
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