Lot 889:
Sold for £420 hammer
Estimate £200-£300
Bewick, Thomas - 'History of British Birds', published by Hodgson, Newcastle, 1797, first edition, second issue, half tan leather and brown cloth boards, two volumes, 4to, also 'History of British Birds', 1805, original diced leather boards and nineteen other volumes of British Birds, various editions. (23)
Condition report
many have been rebound, majority bear BWW bookplates. Many have former ink owner's ink signatures
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