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A history of the rarer British birds / by T.C. Eyton ... ; illustrated with woodcuts

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Author:
Eyton, T. C (Thomas Campbell) 1809-1880  Search this
Former owner:
Dwight, Jonathan 1858-1929 DSI  Search this
Walker, R. L. DSI  Search this
Richmond, Charles Wallace 1868-1932 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
vi, [2], 101, [1] p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
1836
Notes:
Running title: History of rarer British birds.
Illustrated t.p.
Final p. is blank.
Errata: p. [1] (2nd group).
Also available online.
BIRDRB has two copies.
Copy 1 (no. 39088007650021) has stamp on t.p.: Smithsonian Libraries, July 8, 1987.
Bookplate: Jonathan Dwight, Jr.
Publisher's advertisements dated March 1836 (16 p.) inserted at front of volume.
Brown embossed cloth binding (original?); printed spine label, which reads: Eyton's rarer British birds.
Copy 2 (no. 39088007650112) has bookplate: Dr. R.L. Walker, no. 1200, 1905.
Stamp on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum, Richmond Collection; accession no. 246,293.
Autograph on verso of t.p.: Chas. W. Richmond.
Some ms. annotations.
Bound in red quarter-leather over cloth-covered paperboard; gilt-stamped spine; brown coated endpapers. Binder's title: Eyton's birds.
Elecresource
Topic:
Birds  Search this
Call number:
QL690.G7 E98 1836
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_315817