78 2315 Ornithology Montagu G
78 2315 Ornithology  Montagu G
78 2315 Ornithology  Montagu G
78 2315 Ornithology  Montagu G
78/2315 [Ornithology]. Montagu, G. Ornithological Dictionary; or Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds. London, J. White, 1802, 2 vols., (2),XLIII,(663)p., rebound in modern leather w. use of contemp. gilt calf binding w. mor. letterpiece.

- Lacks frontisp. Occas. sl. foxed.

= Nissen, IVB 642; Wood 470: "Coues greatly admired this early dictionary and calls it 'a vade mecum which has held its place at thousand elbows for threequarters of a century'."

Klein, J.T. Vorbereitung zu einer vollständigen Vögelhistorie, nebst einer Vorrede von der Ordnung der Thiere überhaupt, und einem Zusatz der Historie des Murmelthieres, wie auch eines alten Wörtenbuchs der Thiere. Transl. D.H. Behn. Leipsic/ Lübeck, J. Schmidt, 1760, (24),427,(1)p., engr. title-vignette, 1 fold. index, contemp. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece.

- Lacks all 8 plates. Occas. sl. stained; bookseller's stamp on verso title-p. Binding sl. worn; trifle stained.

Braak, J. Responsio ad quaestionem (...) propositam: "Quaeritur catalogus avium, in provincia Groningana indigenarum, addita accurata illarum descriptione, differentia generica et specifica, vivendi ratione et moribus, allatis unius alteriusque scriptoris imaginibus et adiuncta iconum Nozemanniorum critica." (Gron., J. Oomkens, 1824), 209p., sl. later boards, 4to.

- Bookplate on first free endpaper; a few lvs. sl. stained in lower margin. Binding trifle rubbed. Otherwise fine.

= Publ. in Annales Academiae Groninganae MDCCCXXI-MDCCCXXII (Gron., 1824).

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