(LATHAM, John). A General Synopsis of Birds. Vol.1. Pt. 1 ( - Supplement). London, White (vol. II / 1 ff.: Leigh and Sotheby) 1781 - 1787.
4to. Title, VI, (2), 416 pp; title, p. 417 - 788, (17) lvs. (Index / Errata); title, II, 366 pp.; title, p. 367 - 808, (19) lvs. (Index / Errata); title, III pp., (1) p. (blank), 328 pp.; title, p. 329 - 628, (22) lvs. (Indices); title, III pp., (1) p. (blank), 298 pp., (8) lvs. (Indices). With 7 vignettes on titles and 119 plates (not paginated), all engraved and hand-coloured. Contemporary leather (rubbed, hinges restored), each vol. with 2 spine labels, gilt spine. First edition, containing 6 parts and 1 supplement in 7 vols. (the whole set contains over that 1 more supplement [published in 1802] and 2 vols. indices [published in 1790 - 1802]). Browned, in places some damp- or finger-stains. Partly printed on light-blue paper (these quires without browning). Nissen IVB 532; Anker 277/278; Bradley Martin 131.
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