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41. BELCHER (SIR EDWARD). The Last of the Arctic 

 Voyages. With Notes on the Natural History by Sir John Rich- 

 ardson, etc. Illustrated with charts, woodcuts a7icl 36 colored plates. 

 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1855 



First Edition. 



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42. BELDING (LYMAN). Land Birds of the Pacific District. 

 "^ Royal 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut. 

 b San Francisco, 1890 



Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences. 



4:1 BENDIRE (CHARLES). Life Histories of North Ameri- 

 can Birds, with special reference to their Breeding Habits and Eggs 

 ,\, V^ith 19 large colored plates containing 386 Eggs. 2 vols., royal 

 \h 4to, cloth, uncut. Washington, 1892-95 



Autograph of Elliott Coues on title-page. One a presentation copy 

 from the Author. 



44. BEWICK (THOMAS). History of British Birds. Illus- 

 trated ivith )i toner ous ivoodcuts hy the author. 2 vols., with Sup- 

 plement. Together 3 vols. imp. 8vo, crushed green levant morocco, 



. *^H '" gilt line borders on backs and sides, gilt tops, uncut, by Riviere. 

 ) ^ " Newcastle, 1797-1821 



A SUPEKB COPY OF THE RARE FiRST EDITION OF LARGEST PAPER, with the 



vignette on p. 285, before the bar. Accompanying the above is a set of 

 the 186 illustrations, brilliant proof impressions, and an extra series 

 OF 9 proof impressions of the illustrations of the Land Birds. 5 volumes 

 in all. 



45. A General History of Quadrupeds ; A History of Brit- 



- ish Land and Water Birds. With numerous woodcut illustrations, 



engrailed hy Bewick. 3 vols. 8vo, dark blue morocco, gilt over red 

 edges, by Riviere. Newcastle, 1824-32 



A FINE set. From the Library of William Matthews, with his book- 

 plates. 



46. A History of British Land and Water Birds. Illus- 

 trated with numerous cuts. 2 vols. 8vo, half green morocco. 



Newcastle, 1826 

 The Sixth Edition, with additional cuts. Large paper copy. 



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47. Memoir. Written by himself. Emhellished with numer- 

 ous wood engravings, designed and engraved hy the author, and 

 never before published. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Newcastle, 1862 



First Edition. 



48. The Bewick Collector. A Descriptive Catalogue of the 



Works of Thomas and John Bewick. With Supplementary volume. 



A, The whole described by Thomas Hugo. Illustrations. 2 vols., royal 



/^ 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1866-68 



Large paper copy. From the library of Thomas J. McKee, with his 

 bookplates by E. D. French in each volume. 



49. Works. Comprising : History of British Birds, 2 vols. ; 



History of Quadrupeds; Aesop's Fables; Memoir. Profusely illus 



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