Author: Aubyn Trevor-Battye [ed.]
Title: Lord Lilford on Birds: Being a Collection of Informal and Unpublished Writings by the Late President of the British Ornithologists&Apos; Union, with Contributed Papers Upon Falconry and Other Hunting, His Favourite Sports
Description: London, Hutchinson & Co. 1903. First edition. Cloth. The bright first edition of this posthumous ornithological study by Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford, complete with numerous plates. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve further full page plates, of which ten are illustrative of the birds in the collection at Lilford Hall. Collated, complete. Containing a collection of writings, formal and informal, on ornithology by Thomas Littleton Powys, including papers contributed upon falconry and otter hunting.Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford, was a British aristocrat and ornithologist, known for his extensive collection of birds maintained in the grounds of Lilford Hall. His aviaries featured birds from all over the world, including rheas, kiwis, pink-headed ducks and free-flying lammergeiers. He was responsible for the introduction the little owl into England in the late nineteenth century.Edited by Aubyn Trebor-Battye. Illustrated by Archibald Thornburn.Pictorial bookplate from J. M. McWilliams to front pastedown. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with minor shelf wear only, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities of boards. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to fore edge not affecting pages that remain bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Archibald Thornburn. Very Good .

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