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Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars, 3 St. James' Square; S. Highley, 32 Fleet Street, London; and W. Curry, Jun. and Co. Dublin, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy bound in the cloth boards. Some plates missing. Wear and tear as with age. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Includes previous owner's inscription. Series; The naturalist's library. . Ornithology ; 7. Physical description; vol. I (only): 286 pages : ill., (chiefly col.), ports. ; 19 cm. Subjects; Bruce, James (1730-1794). Le Vaillant, François (1753-1824). Bruce, James. Birds Africa, West. Genre; Illustrated.

EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1837 A very good copy of the 1st edition of The Birds of Western Africa, in 2 volumes in the original publisher's cloth binding with 64 hand coloured plates. The bindings have been rebacked, preserving the original spines and endpapers, and are clean, sound and tight. Vol I had lost the top section of the spine with some of the decorative title. It is only slightly sunned at the edge of the boards which have light wear as do the corners. The spine and board edges to Vol II are more sunned with wear to corners. Vol I: volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Bruce; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages; advert; contents listing; Memoir of Bruce; text with black and white illustrations and 32 hand coloured plates; and a publisher's listing.286pp. Vol II: volume listing; half title; frontispiece portrait of Le Vaillant; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages; text with black and white illustrations and 32 hand… Read More