(BIRDS) Darton William Twelve Plates of Birds Designed for t

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(BIRDS.) Darton, William. Twelve Plates of Birds: Designed for the Use of the Artist, the Connoisseur, and the Naturalist. And Intended for Rewards in our Public Schools, the Cabinets of the Curious, and for Furniture Prints. 12 etched and engraved plates with publisher's hand-coloring. Folio, 15 1/4x10 3/4 inches, original printed paper wrappers backed with later paper, minor chipping to edges with one larger tear from the top edge; plates with small chips or tears to outer edges of margins. Modern slipcase and chemise with gilt morocco lettering pieces. London: William Darton, 1821

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Each plate illustrates 9 or 10 different bird species in flight or at rest within a bucolic setting. OCLC locates only 5 institutional copies; not in standard references.