Catalogue 288 - Antiquariaat Junk

First edition, with the rare supplement and 2 extra plates (2 cancelled plates 87 & 119)
not called for in any of the bibliographies. The first major English oological work. The
first one was Donovan’s small work on eggs published in 1826, with 17 plates only. The
exquisitely hand-coloured plates are drawn and lithographed by the author. No separate
title was published for the supplement. ‘This first edition - very rare - of a standard work
was issued in 37 parts, April 1, 1883, with a supplement on October 1, 1842’ (Wood p. 385).
Hewitson was a talented artist and later in his life he published ‘Illustrations of Exotic
Butterflies’, famous for its fine plates which were likewise by the author. A very fine copy
of this standard work on eggs of British birds.
Fine Bird Books 82; Nissen IVB, 442.
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29 Hill
[29] HILL, J. The Vegetable System. Or, the Internal Structure and the
Life of Plants; their Parts, and Nourishment Explained; their Classes,
Orders, Genera, and Species, ascertained, and described; in a Method altogether
New: comprehending an Artificial Index and a Natural System.
With figures of all plants designed and engraved by the author. The whole
from nature only. London, the author, 1761-1775. 26 volumes bound in 13.
Folio (445 x 290mm), with 1546 engraved plates on 1544 leaves. Contemporary
calf, richly gilt decorated new spines in 7 compartments with red
and green gilt lettered label, frontcover with gilt ornament. € 45.000
First editions (excepting volumes 1, 4 and 5 which are in the second edition) of the greatest
and largest botanical publication of the eighteenth century. The work is in complete
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