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Harmonia Ruralis; or, An Essay Towards A Natural History of British Songbirds.
by Bolton, James
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- first
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed For and Sold By the Author, 1794. Rare first edition of Bolton's magnificently illustrated work on British songbirds. First issue with the original plates 7 and 13 which differ in later issues. Quarto, two volumes bound into one in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with eighty copper-plates of life-size male and female songbirds drawn, engraved and colored by the author, index. In near fine condition. First editions are rare, with only a handful appearing at auction in the last 100 years. English naturalist, botanist, mycologist, and illustrator James Bolton published several volumes on natural history with illustrations and original research on exotic flowers, ferns, fungi, and this, his final work, on ornithology. Dedicated "to British ladies, to naturalists, and to all such as admire the beauty or melody of the feathered warblers", Harmonia ruralis contains eighty plates of life-size male and female songbirds and their nests drawn from life including the blackbird, bullfinch, goldfinch, sky lark, nightingale, reed-warbler, starling and song-thrush among others.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111071
- Title
- Harmonia Ruralis; or, An Essay Towards A Natural History of British Songbirds.
- Author
- Bolton, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Printed For and Sold By the Author
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1794
- Keywords
- Harmonia Ruralis or An Essay towards A Natural History of British Songbirds First Edition, James Bolton First Edition
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Spine
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- Quarto
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
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- First Edition
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