BOOKS ON ORNITHOLOGY 



EDWARDS, GEORGE. A natural history of un- 

 common birds and some other rare and undescribed 

 animals, quadrupeds, reptiles, fishes, insects, etc.; 

 exhibited in 362 copper plates from designs copied 

 immediately from nature and curiously coloured after 

 life, with a full and accurate description of each figure : 

 to which is added a brief and general idea of drawing 

 and painting in water-colours, with instructions for 

 etching on copper with aqua-fortis; likewise some 

 thoughts on the passage of birds and additions to many 

 of the subjects described in this work: in 7 parts. Lon- 

 don. Printed for the author at the College of Physi- 

 cians [1743-1746]. 7vols.362col.pl. so ' Paged con- 

 tinuously. 



Added t.-p. for vol. I and t.-p. for vols. 2-4 read, with 

 minor changes: A natural history of birds, most of which 

 have not been figur'd or described. 



t.-p. for vols. 5-7 reads: Gleanings of natural history 

 . . . ; t.-p. also given in French and the text in French and 

 English. 



Same. t.-p. of vol. I. gives 210 plates, and 4 parts. 



Same as copy 2. Bound in 4 vols. Vol. 4 contains 



Illustrations of Natural History, by Peter Brown. 



EDWARDS, GEORGE. Verzameling van Uit- 

 landsche en Zeldzaame Vogelen, benevens eenige 

 vreemde dieren en Plantgewassen : in 't Engelsch 

 naauwkeurig beschreeven en naar 't leven met Kleuren 

 afgebeeld, door G. Edwards en M. Catesby: Vervol- 

 gens, ten opzigt van de Plaaten merkelyk verbeterd, 

 in 't Hoogduitsch uitgeven door . . . M. Houttuyn, 

 Amsterdam, Jan Christiaan, Sepp. 1752-1781. 3 vols. 

 100 col. pi. 43 cm - 



Issued in 10 parts. Very rare. 



ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD. Catalogue of a 

 collection of birds obtained by the expedition into 



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