Handcoloured birds: George Edwards: A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. 2 vols. + Gleanings of natural history. 2 (of 3) parts. 308 plates. (3)

George Edwards: A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. Four parts in 2 vols. London 1743. 4to. (Size of paper: 29 x 23 cm.) With engraved and handcoloured frontispiece, title leaf to part one, torn, one half missing. + Gleanings of Natural History. 2 (of 3) parts. London 1758-1760. 4to. (Size of paper: 28 x 23 cm.). All 3 vols. (6 parts) illustrated with a total of 308 (of 310) engraved and handcoloured plates of animals. + One engraved portrait og "Un Samjeed". Frontispiece and 50-60 plates, worn, with spots, with tears or/and repairs. Some plates with foxing, some plates with frayed edges. Some plates loose. Bound in full calf, bindings worn, one binding defective. (3)