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Donovan, E the natural history of British birds. Hardcover.…
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2-Apr-2019
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Donovan, E the natural history of British birds. Hardcover. 1798. Vol V only. London. For the author and F& C Rivington. 1794-1819. Vol 5 only, of ten. Bound in a slightly later brown half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title on black to spine. Spine slightly cracked top and tail. Marbled edges. Bookplate on fep 'Maria Elizabeth Finch'. The title-page continues...a selection of the most rare and interesting birds which inhabit this country: the descriptions from the Systema Naturae of Linnaeus; with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists; and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved and coloured from the original specimens
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