DRESSER, HENRY EELES. A Manual of Palaearctic Birds. 2 vols., Published by the Author, 1902-03. 8

DRESSER, HENRY EELES. A Manual of Palaearctic Birds. 2 vols., Published by the Author, 1902-03. 8vo., cont. full red morocco gilt, with Dresser's gilt emblem incorporating rustic initial letter D and owl on upper covers, a.e.g., partly unopened (slightly rubbed). The part wrappers bound in at end of vol 1. Frontispieces after J. Wolf, one of them coloured wood engraved emblems on titles, repeated on bindings. Reviews of the work bound in at end of vol 2, and Lord (Walter) Rothschild's obituary of Dresser reprinted from British Birds, Vol IX, No 8 January 1, 1916, loosely inserted. Author's bookplate. (2)