458. Booth (E.T.) Rough Notes on the Birds..., 3 vol., 114 finely hand-coloured lithographed plates and 2 hand-coloured lithographed maps, occasional spotting, vol. I 1 plate with minor stain to lower margin, vol. II 1 leaf with small marginal closed tear, contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., spine in compartments with gilt bird motifs, [Anker 51; Nissen 121; Wood p.249], 4to, 1881-7.
est. £2500 – £3500
Edward Thomas Booth (1840-90), a wealthy ornithologist, collected and prepared his own specimens. He took great care to set the birds in their natural habitat. It was from these displays that Neale composed the plates included in this work.