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A History of the Birds of Europe,
with 238 hand-colored plates

Bree's History of the Birds of Europe, first edition

Bree's History of the Birds of Europe, first edition

BREE, Charles Robert. A History of the Birds of Europe not Observed in the British Isles. London: Groombridge and Sons, 1859, 1860, 1862, 1863. Quarto, contemporary three-quarter morocco gilt, marbled endpapers. Four volumes. $2900.

First editions of Charles Bree's exquisitely illustrated History of the Birds of Europe. Complete with 238 hand-colored tinted lithographed plates (180 of birds, 58 of eggs). Bookplates on front pastedowns. Light scattered foxing (plates generally clean); light rubbing to bindings. A very handsome set.

 

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