- Text sl. yellowed; first plate w. tiny hole. Binding sl. soiled/ rubbed. = Nissen, IVB 83.
ADDED: 3 others, incl. 1 on ornithology.
- Sl. fingersoiled; final text leaf and lower pastedown vol. 2 waterst. Bindings sl. rubbed and scratched along edges.
= I. The History and Description of Land Birds. II. The History and Description of Water Birds. This ed. not in T. Hugo, The Bewick Collector; Roscoe, Thomas Bewick, 18b; Nissen, IVB 95; Zimmer p.57; Bradley Martin 1385: "These two volumes were Bewick's greatest achievement. They combined excellent craftsmanship with the perfect marrying of type and engravings on the page. They also showed a deep knowledge of, and sympathy for, the subjects of his figures. Bewick's reproduction of the texture of the feathering was unique, also his detail of the plumage and the arrangement of the feathers. The wood-engravings were the first really accurate and true pictures of our most common birds, and set a new standard in their illustration."
- Fingersoiled and sl. foxed; hinges strengthened. Both vols. rebacked.
= I. The History and Description of Land Birds. II. The History and Description of Water Birds. This ed. not in T. Hugo, The Bewick Collector; Roscoe, Thomas Bewick, 24-25b; Nissen, IVB 95; Zimmer p.57; cf. Bradley Martin 1385: "These two volumes were Bewick's greatest achievement. They combined excellent craftsmanship with the perfect marrying of type and engravings on the page. They also showed a deep knowledge of, and sympathy for, the subjects of his figures. Bewick's reproduction of the texture of the feathering was unique, also his detail of the plumage and the arrangement of the feathers. The wood-engravings were the first really accurate and true pictures of our most common birds, and set a new standard in their illustration."
- Dustwrappers partly sl. discoloured.
- Without vol. 8 (2013).
= Standard work.
- A few dustwrappers sl. yellowed from cigarette smoke.
= One of the foremost ornithological works ever published to illustrate and describe all living species of birds. Also the first work to verbally and visually portray all members of one entire class of the animal kingdom. The descriptions are extensive, containing information on taxonomy, habitat, feeding, breeding, movements, conservation and a profound bibliography.
- Lacks free endpapers; plates sl. foxed/ soiled (mostly in blank margins). Sl. rubbed along extremities.
= Rare album with fine handcoloured plates of birds.
- A few dustwrappers sl. yellowed/ affected by cigarette smoke.
- Hinges weak. Covers sl. yellowed. = Cf. Nissen, IVB 432 and Anker 206 (both listing 1st ed. Halle, 1903).
Brehm, A.E. Het leven der vogels. Introd. J.P. van Wickevoort Crommelin. Haarlem, A.C. Kruseman, 1866, VIII,492,(2)p., 10 col./ tinted lithogr. plates, contemp. cl.
- Sl. foxed; owner's entry on first free endpaper. = Rare Dutch ed. Cf. Nissen, IVB 137 (German ed. 1861).
- Dustwr. vol. 1 dam. (lacks backstrip). = Nissen IVB, 460; Wood p.558; Zimmer p.312.
- Hinges weak.
= Facs. reprint of the ed. Berlin, 1933. Exhaustive overview of all known fossil birds (up to 1933).
= 1. Ratites to Ducks. Part A: Ratites to Petrels, Part B: Australian Pelicans to Ducks; 2. Raptors to Lapwings; 3. Snipes to Pigeons; 4. Parrots to Dollarbird.
- Lacks backstrip; covers almost detached.
= Nissen, IVB 644; Zimmer p.442; Anker 345: "A collection of accounts of British game birds with a statement of the distribution and habits of the species and descriptions of the birds, their eggs and nests, and notes on their value as articles of food."
= Full-size facs. reprint of the ed. Nederlandsche vogelen (Amst., J.C. Sepp, 1770-1829, 5 vols.).
- Some foxing; a few plates in vol. 2 reattached. Spines sunned.
= Nissen, IVB 694; Anker 381. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.
- Some foxing. Spines sl. sunned.
= Nissen, IVB 709; Anker 390; Wood 610: "A beautiful and unusually well-designed work on the eggs of the birds of Holland. The plates consist of separate figures of single eggs mounted in panels with suitable tinted backgrounds, to show their marking and colors." Limited edition of only 250 copies.