LEWIN (WILLIAM)


The Birds of Great Britain, Systematically Arranged, Accurately Engraved, and Painted from Nature, With Descriptions, Including the Natural History of Each Bird, 8 vol. in 4, second edition, titles and text in English and French, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece in volume 1, 335 hand-coloured plates (277 of birds, 58 of eggs), very occasional light spotting, a handful of plates offset to text, nineteenth century half calf, covers with gilt arms, joints cracking, rubbed [Anker 306; Nissen IVB 562; Woods, p.435; Zimmer, p.395], 4to (290 x 220mm.), J. Johnson, 1795-1801
|Provenance: Society of Writers to her Majesty's Signet, gilt arms on covers; their sale, Sotheby's, 19 October 1959, sold to C. Traylen, Guildford; acquired from him 4 June 1960.