Description: Turner on Birds: A Short and Succinct History of the Principal Birds Noticed by Pliny and Aristotle. First Published by Doctor William Turner, 1544. Edited/Translated by A.H. Evans, M.A., Clare College, Cambridge. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1903. First edition thus. 8vo; xviii + 223pp. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Bookplate, previous seller price, and owner's inscription inside front cover. On the front free end paper, in pencil, the inscription: "With the author's kindest regards, Apr. 18th, 1910". Condition: acceptable. Shelf wear to covers, especially the spine, which is chipped/rubbed at top/bottom and along the edges. Corners bumped. Page edges foxed with age. End papers show age staining. Remnant of library label on lower spine. Handful of marginal pencil notes. See photos.
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: A.H. Evans, Ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Topic: Birds
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Subject: Natural History
Year Printed: 1903
Original/Facsimile: Original
