Title: The Ornithology...Wherein All the Birds Hitherto Known, Being Reduced into a Method Suitable to Their Natures, are Accurately Described...To Which are Added, Three Considerable Discourses...by John Ray Author: Willughby, Francis Place London Publisher: Printed by A.C. for John Martyn Date: 1678 Description: [xii], 441, [7] pp. 78 (of 80) engraved plates, two inserted tables. (Folio) 35.5x22.5 cm. (14x9") period full calf. First English Edition. This copy without the two plates depicting the art of fowling, as is often the case. One of the most important early treatises on ornithology; first printed in Latin in 1676. Contains the first systematic classification of birds of the world. For this English edition Ray corrected the text and augmented it with three new treatises on falconry, songbirds, and the art of fowling. Nissen 991; Wing W2879 Lot Amendments Condition: Binding worn, front joint cracked, bookplate, rear joint starting; approximately 30 of the plates have old paper repairs, one plate lacking a strip at the bottom, a bit into illustration, a few early ink notes; good. Item number: 237464
Title: The Ornithology...Wherein All the Birds Hitherto Known, Being Reduced into a Method Suitable to Their Natures, are Accurately Described...To Which are Added, Three Considerable Discourses...by John Ray Author: Willughby, Francis Place London Publisher: Printed by A.C. for John Martyn Date: 1678 Description: [xii], 441, [7] pp. 78 (of 80) engraved plates, two inserted tables. (Folio) 35.5x22.5 cm. (14x9") period full calf. First English Edition. This copy without the two plates depicting the art of fowling, as is often the case. One of the most important early treatises on ornithology; first printed in Latin in 1676. Contains the first systematic classification of birds of the world. For this English edition Ray corrected the text and augmented it with three new treatises on falconry, songbirds, and the art of fowling. Nissen 991; Wing W2879 Lot Amendments Condition: Binding worn, front joint cracked, bookplate, rear joint starting; approximately 30 of the plates have old paper repairs, one plate lacking a strip at the bottom, a bit into illustration, a few early ink notes; good. Item number: 237464
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