Illustrations of British ornithology /
Selby, Prideaux John,1788-1867.
Edinburgh : Printed for the proprietor, and published by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, London; and W. Curry, jun. & Co. Dublin,
1833.
Text volumes (vol. 1 land birds, vol. 2 water birds) to accompany colour plates etched by Selby (mostly after his own drawings) with the assistance of his brother-in-law Admiral Robert Mitford, which were first issued nineteen parts to subscribers from 1821-1833 and were subsequently bound into two folio volumes.
Vol. 1 (land birds) is the second edition; the first edition, "Illustrations of British ornithology ... Part first", being published separately in 1825.
Colophon of each vol: Printed by Neill & Co. Old Fishmarket.
NLS copy of plates (volume 1 (land birds) only) is shelved at A.83.a.
Birds