Hewitson (William C.)

Coloured Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds,

2 vol., first edition, 136 hand-coloured plates, original publishers cloth, gilt, spines faded and lower joint of vol 1 starting to split, 1846 § Mavor (William) editor, Tusser (Thomas)A New Edition, presentation copy from the editor inscribed on engraved title-page, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry...Together with a Book of Huswifery additional engraved titles, text in red and black, contemporary calf, rubbed, upper joint cracked, with the bookplate of The Viscount Churchill to the front paste-down, 1812 § Mudie (Robert, Gleanings of Nature, vignette and 13 other hand-coloured engravings of plants, numerous engravings of animals, original publisher’s cloth, 1838 § Sowerby (John E.) The Fern Allies, A Supplement to the Ferns of Great Britain, 31 coloured plates of ferns, original brown cloth 1856 § Curtis (William) Practical Observations of British Grasses, fifth edition, 8 hand-coloured engravings, 1 folding, contemporary half calf, covers detached, 1812 § Curtis (John) Farm Insects, coloured plates, original publisher’s cloth, gilt, 1883; together with 4 other titles similar v.s. (12)