forthcoming sales - Dominic Winter Book Auctions

137 Merian (Maria Sibylla). Leningrad Watercolours, 2 vols.
(text/plates), New York & London, 1974, folding colour plates in text
vol., 50 colour facsimile plates of originals in the Library of the
Academy of Sciences in St Petersburg, each with numered text
wrapper, vellum-backed boards and foldover case, folio
Limited edition, 312/1750.
(2) £150-200
138 Morris (Rev. F.O.). A History of British Birds, 6 vols., 5th ed.,
1903, num. hand-col. plts., ex-lib. with usual markings, incl. several
inkstamps (not affecting plts.), all recent cloth gilt (except vol. 1, orig.
cloth gilt), lib. no. to spine of each, large 8vo
(6) £100-150
139 Morris (Rev. F.O.). A History of British Birds, 6 vols., mixed
eds., 1852-63, 358 hand coloured plates (complete), marbled edges,
modern brown half morocco gilt with marbled boards by Maltbys of
Oxford, 8vo
(6) £200-300
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140 Morris (Rev. F.O.). A History of British Birds, 8 vols., Cabinet
Edition, Groombridge, [1888], 358 hand finished plates (complete),
occasional light inoffensive foxing, t.e.g., modern maroon half
morocco by Maltbys of Oxford, spine in six compartments with gilt
decoration, 8vo
(8) £200-300
141 Morris (Rev. F.O.). A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of
British Birds, 3 vols., 3rd ed., 1892, 232 colour litho. plates
(complete), untrimmed, orig. gilt decorated green cloth, rubbed with
a little damp-staining to vol. one, 8vo
(3) £150-200