Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs
By: by H.L. Meÿer
Contributors: Rutter, Daniel, former owner; Rolle, Mark, former owner; S. & J. Bentley, Wilson & Fley; S. & J. Bentley and Henry Fley
Publisher: G.W. Nickisson
Published: 1842
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
Subjects: Directories; Taxidermists; Eggs; Nests; Birds; Pictorial works
Other titles: Colored illustrations of British birds, and their eggs; Illustrations of British birds, and their eggs; Meyer's British birds
Notes: First octavo ed.; based upon Meyer's Illustrations of British birds, published in 9 folio volumes between 1835 and 1850.

Issued in parts.

Vol. 3-7 published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.

Vol. 1-5 printed by S. & J. Bentley, Wilson, and Fley; v. 6-7 printed by S. & J. Bentley and Henry Fley.

Engraved vignette on t.p.'s.

Collation of each volume: v. 1. iv, 230 p., 62 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 1-45, 12 unnumbered egg plates, and 5 unnumbered uncolored plates); v. 2. iv, 233, [1] p., 58 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 46-90, and 13 unnumbered egg plates); v. 3. iv, 240 p., 60 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 91-135, and 15 unnumbered egg plates); v. 4. iv, 214, [2] p., 60 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 136-180, and 15 unnumbered egg plates); v. 5. iv, 192 p., 60 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 181-225, and 15 unnumbered egg plates); v. 6. iv, 185 p., 60 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 226-270, 14 unnumbered egg plates, and 1 unnumbered uncolored plate); v. 7. viii, 206 p., 71 leaves of plates (52 colored plates numbered 271-322, 17 unnumbered egg plates, and 2 unnumbered uncolored plates).

The numbers 133-134 were omitted from the pagination of v. 7 by the printer, with no loss of text.

"[L]ist of the principal London bird-stuffers": v. 7, p. 202.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Wood, C.A. Vertebrate zoology, p. 462

Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbücher, 628

Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., I, p. 433

Raymond M. Sutton, Jr.; purchase; 2009; $1850.00.

extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX

SCNHRB has two copies: c. 1 is complete; and c. 2 lacks the illustrated leaves of plates.

SCNHRB c. 1 has plate 55 misbound after plate 56 in v. 2.

SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplates: 1. (Armorial) Daniel Rutter; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased with funds from Celia Barteau.

SCNHRB c. 1 has a later green half-leather binding with marbled paper boards; gilt-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; and top-edge gilt; re-backed.

SCNHRB c. 2 is imperfect: p. 141-144 (to accompany plate CLXIV, the Heron) are wanting in v. 3. None of the leaves of plates are present in c. 2.

SCNRHB c. 2 has armorial bookplate of Mark Rolle, with motto: Nec rege nec populo sed utroque.

SCNHRB c. 2 has a gilt-tooled half-leather binding with brown embossed cloth boards, raised bands, and red sprinkled edges.