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Title: The Avicultural Magazine, Being the Journal of the Avicultural Society for the Study of Foreign and British Birds in Freedom and Captivity
Description: London, R. H. Porter; later West, Newman, & Co. 1903 - 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Twelve octavo (5-1/2" x 8-1/2") volumes bound in early 3/4 maroon morocco leather and marbled boards with a gilt bird and lettering on the spines. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white reproductions and 85 color plates of birds, mostly chromolithographs, a number with hand-colored finishing. Laid in is a 1911 receipt for purchase of a subscription to this set beginning in 1911. Some rubbing to the corners and spines but generally a handsome set, the contents Fine .

Keywords: Birds, Ornithology, Fine Bindings, Hand-Colored Plates, Illustrated Books, Natural History, Chromolithographs Ornithology Birds Chromolithographs Illustrated Books

Price: US$ 1562.50 Seller: Charles Agvent
- Book number: 017487

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