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F.O. Morris / Alexander Lydon / Benjamin Fawcett - A History of British Birds [set of plates] - 1891
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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 Shipping is signed-for and insured See the photos for a better idea of details and condition

No. 92359339

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F.O. Morris / Alexander Lydon / Benjamin Fawcett - A History of British Birds [set of plates] - 1891

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

Shipping is signed-for and insured

See the photos for a better idea of details and condition

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