A natural history of uncommon birds, : and of some other rare and undescribed animals, quadrupedes, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. Exhibited in two hundred and ten copper-plates, ... coloured after life. ... In four parts. / By George Edwards, ...
George Edwards (1694 - 1773)
Category
Books
Date
1751
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3082326.3
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 3 ([4], 106-157 p., plates) ; 4to. Provenance: Eighteenth-century bookplate: Marquis of Donegall. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate large variant, signed Badeley 1930: Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven [i.e.: Urban Huttleston Broughton (1896-1966)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full mottled calf; gilt roll to form a border; gilt floral cornerpieces; sewn onto six raised cords; spines gilt; red spine label: 'Edwards's Natural Hist: of birds'; black spine label: 'Vol. 3'; gilt rolled board edges; marbled endpapers; pale blue ribbon marker.
Makers and roles
George Edwards (1694 - 1773), author