Illustrations of Birds Drawn for John Gould by Edward Lear (Numbered) with hardly any internal wear

with hardly any internal wear other than mild tanning to pages

spine and inside edges

with a swift course of unflagging suspense that leads to complete surprise" (Kay Irvin

Bound by Real Lachenmaier in full dark green buckram with a design in white and gold by Packer

Comes with original slipcase that is quite worn and shabby

Illustrations of Birds Drawn for John Gould by Edward Lear (Numbered) with hardly any internal wearIllustrations of Birds Drawn for John Gould by Edward Lear. London: The Folio Society, [2012]. Limited Edition #240 out of only 780 published by The Folio Society in 2012. Notes "A landmark in the history of ornithological publishing. Edward Lear had an eye for landscapes and an ear for rhyme, but it was neither as a travel painter, nor as a writer of comic verse that he first displayed his prolific talent. Between 1832 when he was just 20 and 1838,