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British Birds Eggs and Nests, popularly described. Illustrate by W. S. Coleman [i.e. William Stephen Coleman]. New Edition.
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Atkinson, John Christopher
Title
British Birds Eggs and Nests, popularly described. Illustrate by W. S. Coleman [i.e. William Stephen Coleman]. New Edition.
Object type Book binding
Date 1861
date QS:P571,+1861-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 115 × 170 × 15 mm (4.52 × 6.69 × 0.59 in)
British Library
Accession number
C188a566
Place of discovery London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, Farringdon Street; New York: 56, Walker Street. London: [Dalziel Brothers] Camden Press. vi,122p., XII plates; Plate I is bound at the front. With four pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end.
Notes Text sewn on four cords. The frontispiece Illustration is plate I of XII. Yellow paper over boards. The upper and lower endpapers and pastedowns are printed with publisher’s titles. The lower cover has a list of Lovell Reeve’s “Popular Natural Histories.” The upper cover is printed in colours. It shows a goldfinch standing on a nest containing five eggs, surrounded by foliage. There is a “branch-like” frame printed on the borders. From head to tail, the lettering is:”/ One shilling/ British/ Birds’ Eggs/ & Nests/ by the Rev. J. C. Atkinson./ Illustrated./” The imprint is at the tail. The word: “Dalziel” is printed in the bottom left hand corner. The spine is printed in colours. At the head, a bird in flight is depicted. The title: “Birds Eggs and Nests” are printed in green along its length. A nest and “1/-“ [one shilling] are printed at the base of the spine. Another (probable) copy of this work is at Shelf mark W50/7626 and 7284.a.12.
References The Library of the late Robin de Beaumont. Bonhams Auction Catalogue [online sale of 31 January 2024.] Lot 189.
Source/Photographer British Library
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