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MUDIE, Robert.
The Feathered Tribes of the British Isles...
Colour illustrations of birds that are native to Great Britain from grand eagles to ground birds and small song birds. Robert Mudie was a prolific writer. This was the first installment in his series of books on natural history subjects, each combining attractive and authoritative text with charming illustrations, which are highly delicate and finely coloured.
- Published
- London.: Whittaker & Co, 1835.
- Plates
- 21
- Binding/Size
- S=8vo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London.: Whittaker & Co, 1835.
- Ref
- 307
Second Edition; Illustrations: frontis title-page vignette and eight pages of illustrations in each volume, all hand-coloured. Dimensions: 210 x 130 mm (8 x 5 inches) - 379pp; 391pp. Appearance: Full leather boards with a gilt-tooled spine with black and red title labels and raised bands. Boards scuffed and worn in places. Marbled edges, foxed prelims to vol 2. Some general rubbing and bumping. The spine is scuffed. Marbled endpapers to vol 1. Some occasional foxing. Ink inscription on front free endpaper by the previous owner. "Hackness Library 1913". Tightly bound. Coloured plates in order: Volume 1. 1. Frontispiece. Golden Eagle. 2. Title page vignette. Dippers and Nest. 3. Field-fare / Ptarmigan / Quail. 4. Male Pheasant / Goatsucker. 5. Peregrine Falcon / Great Eared Owl / Common Owl. 6. Bullfinch / Goldfinch / Jay. 7. Creeper / Kingfisher / Green Woodpecker. 8. Sand Martin / Pied Fly Catcher / Swift. 9. Stonechat / Pied Wagtail / Ring Ouzel. 10. Golden Crested Wren / Reed Warbler / Greater Pettichaps / Redstart. 11. Blue Tit / Yellow Bunting / Cross Bill / Wood Lark. Volume 2. 12. Frontispiece. The Gannet. 13. Title page vignette. Little Grebes and Nest. 14. Common Sandpiper / Jack Snipe / Lapwing / Dotterel. 15. Kentish Plover-Male / Phalarope. 16. Pratincole / Turnstone. 17. Bittern / Corn Crake / Curlew. 18. Shag / Teal. 19. Eider Duck / Fork-tailed Petrel / Red Throated Diver. 20. Cormorant / Skua Gull. 21. Kitty Wake / Common Tern.
