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94 Willughby. The Ornithology, first edition in English 1678

Willughby (Francis)

The Ornithology, first English edition, title in red and black, 82 engraved plates (to include duplicates of the 2 plate of nets, snares and the capturing of birds opp. p.28 & p29) and 2 tables, contemporary mottled calf, later reback to style with red leather lettering label, new endpapers, rubbed at corners, [Wing W2880; Nissen 991; Anker 532; Wood p.629; Zimmer p.677, Schwerdt, vol.2 p.299], folio, by A. C. for John Martyn, 1678.

***Expanded version of Willughby's 1676 Latin text by John Ray, which includes essays on falconry and songbirds as well as additional plates. This is one of the most important treatises on ornithology of all time’ [Wood]

£1,600-1,800

95 Binding: English & French Quintctilian’s Institutes of Eloquence; or, The Art of Speaking in Public, 2 vol., full polished calf, gilt red and green leather lettering labels, 1805 § Byron (Lord George Gordon Noel) The Works, 6 vol., full gilt decorated olive calf, a.e.g., 1831 § Crabbe (George) The Works, 5 vol., full polished calf, gilt, leather lettering labels, a.e.g., slightly rubbed, 1823 § Fontenelle: Oeuvres de Pierre Corneille, engraved illustrations, contemporary half red morocco, gilt, a.e.g., Parix, n.d., § France (Anatole) Les Contes de Jaques Tournebroche, Illustrated by Léon Lebégue, quarter navy morocco, gilt, t.e.g., Paris, 1908 § Flaubedrt (Gustave) Bouvard et Pécuchet, illustrated by Bernard Naudin, half navy morocco, gilt, t.e.g., Paris, 1923; Trois Contes, illustrated by René Piot, half navy morocco, gilt, t.e.g., Paris, 1929, v.s. (16)

£400-600