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EDWARDS (GEORGE) A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of some other rare and Undescribed Animals [-Gleanings of Natural History], 7 vol., for the Author, 1743[-1764] image 1
EDWARDS (GEORGE) A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of some other rare and Undescribed Animals [-Gleanings of Natural History], 7 vol., for the Author, 1743[-1764] image 2
EDWARDS (GEORGE) A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of some other rare and Undescribed Animals [-Gleanings of Natural History], 7 vol., for the Author, 1743[-1764] image 3
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EDWARDS (GEORGE)
A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of some other rare and Undescribed Animals [-Gleanings of Natural History], 7 vol., for the Author, 1743[-1764]

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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EDWARDS (GEORGE)

A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of some other rare and Undescribed Animals [-Gleanings of Natural History], 7 vol., text in English and French, engraved portrait of the artist after Dandrige, 3 additional engraved titles, 362 hand-coloured etched plates, one uncoloured engraved plate of Samojeed in volume 2, bound with the "Memoirs" and "Catalogue", without the frontispiece, occasional light spotting, dampstain to title and dedication of volume 2, contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt, g.e., rubbed [Nissen IVB 286-288; Fine Bird Books, p.72; Anker 124-126; Zimmer, p.201-203], 4to, for the Author, 1743[-1764]

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Bound with this copy are: "A Catalogue of the Birds, Beasts, Fishes... Contained in Edward's Natural History", 1776; "Some Memoirs of the Life and Works of George Edwards", 4 engraved plates (3 folding), 1776, both published by J. Robson.

Provenance: Elizabeth Jane Paget, nineteenth century inscriptions; Blanche Clutterbuck (1930); and thence by descent to the present owner.

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