Supplement to the General synopsis of birds
Contributors: Latham, John, 1740-1837; Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929, former owner; Philips, Edmund, former owner; Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner; Padley, C., former owner
Publisher: Printed for Leigh & Sotheby ...
Published: 1787
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Other titles: Latham on birds, 1787
Notes: A second supplement was issued in 1801.

Engraved ill. t.p.

Signatures: ap2 sB-2Rp4 s2Sp2 s(-2S2).

The t.p. verso, p. [1] (3rd group), and the final p. are blank.

Press figures.

Directions for the plates: p. [299]; plates (excluding t.p.) numbered CVII-CXIX.

Additional catalogue of authors: p. [300].

Errata: p. [301]-[302].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib. p. 372

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SCNHRB copy 39088005592555 has hand-coloring on the plates and the t.p.

SCNHRB copy has bookplates: 1. Jonathan Dwight, Jr.; 2. (armorial) Edmund Philips; 3. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Marcia Brady Tucker.

SCNHRB copy has ms. ink inscription on verso of front free endpaper: From the library of the Rev. C. Padley; with the Tucker collection's collational notes on t.p. and front free endpaper.

SCNHRB copy has modern olive-colored quarter leather binding with burgundy paste-paper boards; blind-tooled spine; gilt-lettered spine label; marbled endpapers; and green edges.