
![WILLUGHBY (FRANCIS) AND JOHN RAY The Ornithology of Francis Willughby... in Three Books wherein all the Birds hitherto known, translated into English, and enlarged... To which are added, Three Considerable Discourses, I. Of the Art of Fowling... II. Of the Ordering of Singing Birds. III. Of Falconry, A[ndrew] C[larke] for John Martyn, 1678 image 1](/_next/image.jpg?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg1.bonhams.com%2Fimage%3Fsrc%3DImages%2Flive%2F2023-01%2F16%2F25281284-1-2.jpg&w=2400&q=75)
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WILLUGHBY (FRANCIS) AND JOHN RAY The Ornithology of Francis Willughby, A[ndrew] C[larke] for John Martyn, 1678
29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
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WILLUGHBY (FRANCIS) AND JOHN RAY
The Ornithology of Francis Willughby... in Three Books wherein all the Birds hitherto known, translated into English, and enlarged... To which are added, Three Considerable Discourses, I. Of the Art of Fowling... II. Of the Ordering of Singing Birds. III. Of Falconry, first edition in English, title printed in red and black, 78 engraved plates (of 80, without the 2 hunting method plates), 2 letterpress tables, light dampstain to gutter margins of approximately 40 leaves of text and approximately 15 plates just touching images of a few, short tears to blank margins of some plates (longer to 47 touching image) repaired on verso with paper tabs, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving most of original spine, new corners [Anker 532; ESTC R9288; Keynes 39; Nissen IVB 991], folio (360 x 230mm.), A[ndrew] C[larke] for John Martyn, 1678
Footnotes
The first edition in English of "one of the most important treatises on ornithology of all time" (Wood). "Ray explains in the preface... that he has made many corrections and additions to the work since its first appearance in Latin" (Keynes, p.56).
Provenance: William Bickford, of Dunsland, ownership inscription dated 1777 on final blank, and upper margin of title.