A natural history of birds :
most of which have not been figur'd or describ'd, and others very little known from obsure or too brief descriptions without figures, or from figures very ill design'd ... /
by George Edwards.
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Printed for the author, at the College of Physicians in Warwick-Lane,
1743-1751.
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| Notes: | Descriptions in French with separate title-pages and pagination provided at end of volumes. Title-pages dated 1745-1751. Translation by David Durand. cf. J. Anker. Bird books and bird art, nos. 124-5. Added general t.p.: A natural history of uncommon birds ... in four parts. Added engr., col. t.p.: Ornithologia nova (v.1). Copy variation: pagination (v.1) xx, 52 p.; v.2 lacks 1763 engr. port., but has Samoyed port. in French description. Trad. de l'anglois par M.D. de la S.R. Letterpress only. Physical description: 4 v., 211 leaves of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 32 cm. (4to) more |
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