Lot 474: Sold for £280 hammer

Estimate £50-£80

Bewick, Thomas - 'A History of British Birds - Land Birds', published by T. Bewick, Newcastle, 1804, fifth edition, two volumes, quarter green leather with marbled boards, 4to, also various other Bewick volumes and other natural history works. (20)

Condition report
Bewick (2 vols) - boards worn, wear to spines.Both bear BW Waters bookplates to inside covers. Previous owner's ink signature to frontispiece of Vol I. Slight foxing to front few pages. Remaining books condition varies. Most bear bookplates, some rebound

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