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Antiquarian Books, Maps, Prints & Photographs II F. O. MORRIS (1810 - 1893)

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Lot: 71
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F. O. MORRIS (1810 - 1893)

ASN0009 Auction Type: Live Floor

A History of British Birds
352 Plates
1851-1857
Dimension:18.5 x 12 cms

R 70,000 - R 90,000

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By the Rev. Francis Orpen Morris, B.A., Member of the Ashmolean Society, Vol. I – VIII, containing 352 hand-coloured engravings ‘Gloria in excelsis Deo’, published between 1851 and 1857 (with editions continuing to 1897) in London by Groombridge and Sons, Paternoster Row

Condition Notes

Binding rubbed and faded, inside pages loose and edges have soiled, but all color plates are fine without any pin holes or foxing.