Graves (George). Ovarium Britannicum; being a Correct Delination of the Eggs of such Birds as are Natives of, or Domesticated in Great Britain, 1st edition, London: for the author, 1816, [2] vi pp., half-title, 15 engraved plates, original wrappers with gilt title-label bound in, contemporary ownership inscription (Joseph Noble Beasley) to title-page, bookplate of the North Devon Athenaeum, Barnstaple to front pastedown, related ink-stamps to versos of plates and to text, bookplate of Hugh Fattorini to front free endpaper, later cloth, 8vo (23.2 x 14 cm), together with: Saunders (Howard). An Illustrated Manual of British Birds, 2nd edition ('revised and enlarged'), London: Gurney and Jackson, 1899, half-title, 3 double-page colour maps, inscribed 'The property of Rowland Ward, my own copy ...' with his ink-stamp to title-page, extra-illustrated with specimen plate from Witherby's Practical Handbook tipped to title-page, a original cloth, inner hinges cracked, worn, 8vo, Seebohm (Henry). Classification of Birds, 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, 1890, original cloth, large 8vo, Eyton (Thomas Campbell). A History of the Rare British Birds, 1st edition, London: Longman [et al.], 1836, 2 errata leaves, wood-engraved vignettes, ownership inscription and ink-stamp of O. V. Aplin (1858-1940), author of The Birds of Oxfordshire (1889), original cloth, some wear, strip of cockling to front board and related crack to front pastedown, 8vo, Harting (James Edmund). A Handbook of British Birds, 1st edition, London: John van Voorst, 1872, ownership inscriptions and ink-stamps of O. V. Aplin, his profuse marginalia throughout, further manuscript notes laid in, original cloth, recased, 8vo, Atkinson (John). A Compendium of the Ornithology of Great Britain with a Reference to the Anatomy and Physiology of Birds, 1st edition, London: for Hurst, Robinson and Co., 1820, edges untrimmed, later leatherette, 8vo, and 2 others (including Selby, A History of British Forest Trees, 1st edition, 1842)Qty: (8)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART II Mullens & Swann pp. 246 (Graves), 509 (Saunders) 203 (Eyton), 274 (Harting), 29 (Atkinson); Nissen IVB 386 (Graves), 306 (Eyton), 413 (Harting); Wood pp. 367 (Graves), 551 (Saunders), 561 (Seebohm), 336 (Eyton), 378 (Harting); Zimmer pp. 266 (Graves), 547-8 (Saunders), 569 (Seebohm), 213 (Eyton), 206 (Atkinson). All published of Graves's work, which Wood describes as 'rather rare and well-illustrated'.
