Bloomsbury Auctions

721. Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen) a hi S t o ry o f britiSh
bu t t e r f l i e S, ninth edition, colour wood-engraved plates,
occasional spotting, upper hinge weak, original pictorial cloth,
gilt, spine darkened, spine ends bumped, 8vo, 1904. £75 - £100
Lot 722
722. Perry (George) Co n C h o l o g y, o r t h e nat u r a l hi S t o ry o f
Sh e l l S, firSt e d i t i o n, half-title, 61 hand-coloured engraved plates,
half-title extensively repaired, ex-library copy with ink stamp to
title and a few other preliminary text ff. and with smaller ink stamp
to c.34 plates, just within printed border of each, 3 further plates
with ink stamp in margin, a few short marginal tears, some spotting
and finger-marking, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Nissen
3134], folio, [1811]. £1,200 - £1,400
Lot 723
723. Salomonsen (Finn) gr ø n l a n d S fu g l e. th e bi r d S o f
gr e e n l a n d, 3 vol., colour plates by Gitz-Johansen, folding
colour map, contemporary vellum-backed boards, roan spine
labels, original wrappers bound in, slightly rubbed, small folio,
Copenhagen, [1950-51]. £150 - £200
724. Sowerby (G.B.) il l u S t r at e d in d e x o f britiSh Sh e l l S, 24
hand-coloured engraved plates, tissue-guards, hinges weak,
original cloth, spine darkened, a little rubbed, 1859 § Brown (Capt.
Thomas) Illustrations of the Land and Fresh Water Conchology
of Great Britain and Ireland, first edition, 27 lithographed plates,
tissue-guards, original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, [Nissen
611], 1845, 8vo (2) £200 - £300
Lot 725
725. Step (Edward) fav o u r i t e fl o w e r S o f ga r d e n a n d
gr e e n h o u S e, 4 vol., half-titles, 316 chromolithographed plates,
tissue guards, occasional light foxing to text, plates generally in
excellent condition, original pictorial cloth, tile, a little rubbed
but generally good, 8vo, London & New York, 1896-1897.
£500 - £700
726. Thorburn (Archibald) britiSh bi r d S, 4 vol., new edition,
colour plates by the author, occasional light foxing or browning to
margins, original cloth, dust-jackets, spines darkened, chipped and
torn at head, 8vo, 1925-26. £100 - £150
727. Thornton (Robert John) te m p l e o f fl o r a, edited by Geoffrey
Grigson, bibliography by Handasyde Buchanan, 36 plates, 12
coloured, tissue guards, original half cloth, dust-jacket, chipped
and torn at base and head, rubbed, folio, 1951. £150 - £200
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