Author: BOWDLER SHARPE, R.; KEULEMANS, JOHN GERRARD
Title: A Chapter on Birds: Rare British Visitors
Description: London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1895. Hardcover. Ill.: Keulemans, John Gerrard. Used, Illustrated hard cover, (no jacket) in very good condition for its age. Includes eighteen colour plates by John Gerrard Keulemans, the Dutch illustrator and ornithologist. Cover is illustrated to front, and general shelf and handling wear includes age-related discolouration, tanning, (notable to spine), and wear to cover, edges and bumped corners. Pageblock is tanned and foxed, this leading into front end pages, free papers, and lightly to title page. REP and final page also tanned. Several gutter breaks noted within, along with a couple of partially detached plates. However binding is generally secure and all content is present and unmarked. The beautifully illustrated coloured plates remain vibrant and true. CN. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.

Keywords: Keulemans, John Gerrard


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