A history of the birds of Europe, : including all the species inhabiting the western palæactic region. / by H.E. Dresser, ...
Henry Eeles Dresser (1838-1915)
Category
Books
Date
1871 - 1881
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3124482
Summary
Bibliographic description
8 v. : col. ill. ; 4to. Loosely inserted scraps of paper used as markers in v. 2. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half purple morocco, marbled paper over boards; spine gilt, lettered direct (gilt tooled) with title 'Birds of Europe.', author and vol. no.; sewn onto five raised cords; gilt top edge; marbled endpapers. Binder's ink-stamp on front free endpaper of v. 2-8: 'Bound by R.H. Porter'.
Makers and roles
Henry Eeles Dresser (1838-1915), author Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847-1909), author