F.O. Morris / Alexander Lydon / Benjamin Fawcett - A History of British Birds [set of plates] - 189

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Nuthatch
Spotted Eagle
White-billed Northern Diver
Three-toed Woodpecker
Peregrine
Razor-bill
Egyptian Nightjar
Sand Martin
Long-eared Owl
Common Tern
Richard’s Pipit
Tengmalm’s Owl
Little Gull
White-winged Lark
Great Black-headed Gull
Crested Lark
Bearded Titmouse
Herring Gull
Yellow-Hammer
Pine Grossbeak
Crow
Sooty Shearwater
Serin Finch

Printed on heavy paper, verso blank. One engraving has two small closed tears along the left-hand edge of the paper. Some very light spotting and handling marks, otherwise the engravings are in very good condition with contemporary hand-colouring.

Sheet size: 25 x 17 cm

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