A natural history of birds
Subtitle: illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life
By: published by the author Eleazar Albin ; and carefully colour'd by his daughter and self, from the originals, drawn from live birds
Contributors: Derham, W. (William), 1657-1735; Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929, former owner; Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner
Publisher: Printed for the author and sold by William Innys in St. Paul's Church yard, John Clarke under the Royal-Exchange, Cornhill, and John Brindley at the King's Arms in New Bond-Street
Published: 1731
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Birds; Pictorial works
Notes: First edition.

John Clarke is not included in the imprint of v. 3.

Each volume includes a list of subscribers.

The word "curiously" is omitted from the title in volumes 2 and 3.

Woodcut title vignettes, initials, tail-pieces.

Plates are hand-colored.

"The following observations I received from Dr. Derham"--p. [1]-[2], 3rd page group of v. 1.

Errata: p. [2], 3rd paging group of v. 1.

Includes indexes (v. 1 & 2) and "A catalogue of the birds in the third volume".

Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., p. 3

ESTC T64477, T64478, T64475

Wood, C.A. Vertebrate zoology p. 184

Anker, J. Bird books, no. 4

extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX

SCNHRB copy (39088015703853, 39088015703895, 39088015703937) with bookplates of Jonathan Dwight Jr. and Marcia Brady Tucker.

SCNHRB copy with a ms. "Willoughby" or "Willughby" no. by each description of a bird in v. 1.

SCNHRB copy with 10 additional plates v. 1; 1 plate v. 2. (for a total of 317 plates).

SCNHRB copy bound in calf with gilt rolls at edges (rebacked), marbled endpapers, with bookseller's ticket: Dulau & Co., London.