Lot 55: LATHAM, John (1740-1837). A General History of Birds . Winchester: by Jacob and Johnson, for the Author, 1821-28. 11 volumes, including index, 4° (268 x 215mm). 193 hand-coloured etched plates, by and after Latham, numbered 1-184, including 67

LATHAM, John (1740-1837). A General History of Birds. Winchester: by Jacob and Johnson, for the Author, 1821-28. 11 volumes, including index, 4° (268 x 215mm). 193 hand-coloured etched plates, by and after Latham, numbered 1-184, including 67 bis, 85 bis, 87 bis, 98 bis, 104 bis, 104 bis*, 107 bis, 112 bis and 124 bis (directions for plates in vol.V, title in vol.IX and margin of plate 61 with repaired tear, offsetting from and onto some plates, some leaves and plates spotted, occasional very light waterstaining, lightly browned). Modern calf, cloth lettering-pieces, partly uncut and partly unopened. Provenance: Royal College of Surgeons of England (2 stamps on titles).

Second edition. "A new edition of the author's 'General Synopsis of Birds', 1781-85, rewritten and enlarged to include the species treated in the two supplements to that works as well as forms discovered since their publication." (Zimmer). Fine Bird Books p.87; Nissen IVB 532; Zimmer p.376; Wood p.427. (11)

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