British birds' eggs and nests
Subtitle: popularly described
By: by Rev. J. C. Atkinson ... ; with coloured illustrations by W. S. Coleman.
Contributors: Coleman, W. S. 1829-1904; Leighton, John, 1822-1912; Dalziel Brothers.; Willis and Sotheran; Camden Press
Publisher: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge
Published: 1861
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Birds -- Great Britain.; Birds -- Eggs.; Birds -- Nests.
Other titles: British birds' eggs & nests :
Notes: Publisher's advertisements on p. [1-2] at end.

Includes "Appendix.": p. [171]-178 and "Index.": p. [179]-182.

Color wood-engraved plates are the same as those printed in black only for the "New Edition" of this title published in 1861 by Routledge, Warne, & Routledge.  See McLean D 0032.  All plates are unsigned.

Printed by the "Camden Press", a printing works established by the Dalziel Brothers in 1857.

Includes table 71 x 51 cm. folded to 15 x 10 cm in pocket inside lower cover entitled: "Synoptical table of British-breeding birds' nests and eggs : showing site and materials of the former, and number, colour, and markings of the latter.".  Table with imprint: "Camden Press, London.".

Gift; E.V. Rippon.

Fleming Collection.

MASS copy: Bound in blue bead-grain cloth blocked in blind with the spine blocked in gold.  Spine with signature: "JL" [i.e. John Leighton].  With bookseller's label: "Bought of  Willis and Sotheran  Booksellers  & Bookbinders,  42,  Charing Cross.".  With ownership inscription: "Mr. Somers Vernon Cocks".