Pictures of Bird Life in Pen and Pencil

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Tall folio, 15 pls, 56 illus. In half c1920 morocco, with brown cloth, some decorative blind tooling, corners and edges bumped and rubbed. Spine, blind tooling, titles in gilt to brown calf label, edges rubbed. Internally, B&W frontis, additional engraved titlepage, title page in red and black inks, [4], 9-144 pp, 15 pls (B&W), 56 illustrations (many full page), [4] adverts, not dated but per OCLC 1882, some light damp staining along gutter to margins, just touching text, tape repair to 1 pl. The plates are lovely! (376*292 mm). (Copac & OCLC show 6 copies in UK). (Allibone 1494). Hector Giacomelli, born in Paris on April 1, 1822 and died in Menton on December 1, 1904. He was a French watercolorist, engraver and illustrator, best known for his paintings of birds. See Wiki. 0