Thompson (William) The New and Complete Bird-Fancyer, engraved frontispiece of song-birds (lightly offset on title), Alex. Hogg, 1783 bound with Smith (Robert) The Complete Rat-Catcher..., 3 folding engraved plates, cropped shaving a few leaves at fore-edge, for the Author, 1768, together 2 works in 1 vol., browned, with ink signature at head of first title and engraved bookplate of the Hon. Edward Monckton of Sumerford Hall, Staffs., contemporary sprinkled sheep, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine with red morocco label, worn patches to upper cover, 12mo
⁂ ESTC lists 3 UK locations for the first item (BL, Cambridge, Wellcome) and one in America (Kansas), and only one copy of the second item (St.John's Cambridge). The plates in the latter are identical with those used in Smith's Universal Directory for taking alive and destroying Rats published in the same year, with printed page numbers that go beyond the length of the present work, so are presumably taken from it; the Cambridge copy has four.
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