1836 PARROQUETS par SELBY 30 COL PLTS BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATURALISTE ORNITHOLOGIE VOL soldes X JARDIN

I have here for sale a wonderfully illustrated book entitledParrots by PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY published as part ofTHE NATURALISTS LIBRARY Edited by SIR WILLIAM JARDINE VOL X ORNITHOLOGYpublished by W H Lizars, Edinburgh; S Highley, London; W Curry, Jun & Co., Dublin; J Ainsworth, Manchester; etc., etc., undated, but online research indicates 1836. First edition. William Jardine (1800-1874) made natural history available to all levels of Victorian society by editing the hugely popular forty volumes of "The Naturalists Library" (1833-1843) issued and published by his brother-in-law, the Edinburgh printer and engraver, William Home Lizars. The series was divided into four main sections: Ornithology (14 volumes), Mammalia (13 volumes), Entomology (7 volumes), and Ichthyology (6 volumes); each prepared by a leading naturalist.

This volume on Ornithology Parrots begins with a Memoir of Thomas Bewick and includes an illustrated colour title page, a full-page b/w portrait of Bewick on the frontispiece, and 30 colour plates.

Red cloth boards with a blind stamped decorative border and gilt decoration on the front board. Minor marks and wear to the boards. Gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. Fading to the spine with wear to the top, and bottom. Gilt page top edge. Name of previous owner on the front endpaper and title page. Browning and light foxing to some pages. The binding is a bit loose with Plate 6 partially detached, but all other pages are firm and the book is in very good condition. 207 pages. 18 x 11.5 cm.

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