John Guille Millais: 'The Mammals of Great Britain and Irela...

Hammer

£380

John Guille Millais: 'The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland', London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1904-1906, 1st edition, limited edition, number 144 of 1,025 copies, 3 volumes, 243 photogravure, colour, chromolithographic or halftone plates after J.G. Millais, Archibald Thorburn, George Edward Lodge and others or from photographs as called for, all tissue guarded, half titles, limitation leaves, title pages in red and black, large thick 4to (36 x 32cm), uniform original publisher's two tone blue cloth gilt, top edges gilt. Nissen ZBI 2819; Wood p. 464 ('Truly beautiful reproductions of the artist's best work'). (3)