DONOVAN (EDWARD) The Natural History of British Birds; or, a Selection of the Most Rare, Beautiful, and Interesting Birds Which Inhabit this Country, 5 vol.
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DONOVAN (EDWARD)
The Natural History of British Birds; or, a Selection of the Most Rare, Beautiful, and Interesting Birds Which Inhabit this Country, 5 vol., reissue, 124 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional spotting, a few leaves working loose, "bookplate of John Paul Paul, High Grove, Tetbury", contemporary red half morocco gilt, bird devices on spine, rubbed [Nissen IVB 257; Fine Bird Books, p.72; Wood, p.322; Zimmer, p.175], 8vo, for the Author, and F. and C. Rivington, 1799
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