No. 92359339
F.O. Morris / Alexander Lydon / Benjamin Fawcett - A History of British Birds [set of plates] - 1891
No. 92359339
F.O. Morris / Alexander Lydon / Benjamin Fawcett - A History of British Birds [set of plates] - 1891
23 hand-coloured woodblock engravings from A History of British Birds by the Rev. F.O. Morris, engraved by Alexander Lydon and printed by Benjamin Fawcett. Published in 1891 by John C. Nimmo:
Blue-winged Teal
Pine Grossbeak
Griffon Vulture
Hoopoe
Short-eared Owl
Nuthatch
Swallow
Rock Pipit
Reed Bunting
Mountain Finch
Two-barred Crossbill
Dunnock
Great Sedge Warbler
Goldcrest
Great Plover
Sociable Plover
Black Stork
Black-tailed Godwit
Red-throated Diver
Sooty Tern
Dunlin
Brent Goose
Golden-Eye
Printed on heavy paper, verso blank. Some spotting and handling marks, otherwise the engravings are in fine bright condition, with contemporary hand-colouring.
Sheet size: 25 x 17 cm
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