The Birds of Devon [with] Supplement

Description:

With an introduction and some remarks on the migrations of Devonshire birds. First edition. With folding map of the county and two folding maps illustrating lines of migration. Hand-coloured lithographic plates by J.G. Keulemans, mounted b/w photographic plates. List of subscribers to rear.

Condition

8vo, orig. dec. cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed, patterned endpapers; together with the Supplement in orig. printed wrappers, minor wear. Vg. Bookplate of English ornithologist and naturalist, James Edmund Harting (1841-1928). Harting edited The Zoologist from 1877-1896, and the Supplement is inscribed, 'To the Editor of the 'Zoologist'. There are several neat ink and pencil annotations to the text in Harting's hand (one initialled J.E.H.); to the blank recto of Keuleman's plate of the Black Redstart, he notes in pencil, 'The head of male too large, Legs too thick and clumsy!' Also with bookplate of Robert Washington Oates (1874-1958). Oates was a dedicated naturalist and book collector, and was instrumental in securing the home of Gilbert White as a permanent memorial to the naturalist and author. There he also established the Oates Memorial Museum and Library, which commemorated his cousin, Captain Lawrence Oates (1880-1912), a member of Scott's Antarctic Expedition, and his uncle Frank Oates (1840-1875).