A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals. Londres : chez l'auteur, 1743-1751 [et] Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants, etc. Londres : chez l'auteur, 1758-1764

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EDWARDS, George (1694-1773)

A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals. Londres : chez l'auteur, 1743-1751 [et] Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants, etc. Londres : chez l'auteur, 1758-1764

Price Realised EUR 13,860

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EDWARDS, George (1694-1773). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals. Londres : chez l'auteur, 1743-1751 [et] Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants, etc. Londres : chez l'auteur, 1758-1764.

Important exemplaire, en reliure anglaise du début du XIXe siècle, avec toutes les planches en contre-épreuve et rehaussées à la main à l'époque. Zimmer, 194-200 : le décrit comme une seconde édition, avec les mêmes dates que l'originale aux titres, intégrant, dans les chapitres correspondants, les traductions françaises ; Nissen, IVB, 286-289 ; Fine Bird Books, p. 93 ("Though, in a sense, two books, these are now considered as one and either must rank as imperfect without the other...At its date of issue, [it] was one of the most important of all Bird Books, both as a Fine Bird Book and a work of Ornithology. It is still high on each list").

7 vol. in-4 (295 x 231 mm). 362 planches à pleine page, gravées et tirées en contre-épreuve, toutes rehaussées à la main à l'époque. Reliure de Staggemeier et Welcher, avec leur étiquette (collaborent entre 1799 et 1809) en maroquin brun à long grain, dos à nerfs, caissons ornés, tranches dorées. Provenance : sur le contreplat, ex-libris du début du XIXe siècle de Joseph Yates Cooper.

An attractive copy, in its early-19th century British binding by Staggemeier and Welcher. The plates are printed in "reverse", that is to say inverted horizontally, and they have all been handcoloured at the time of publication. "Though, in a sense, two books, these are now considered as one and either must rank as imperfect without the other...At its date of issue, [it] was one of the most important of all Bird Books, both as a Fine Bird Book and a work of Ornithology. It is still high on each list" (Fine Bird Books).

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