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Montagu (George). Ornithological Dictionary; or, Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds [-Supplement], 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: for J. White by T. Bensley [-Exeter: by S. Woolmer], 1803-12, half-title, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 24 engraved plates, 2 errata leaves (to volume 1 and Supplement), list of plates (to Supplement), occasional spotting, volume 1 signature D5 with closed tear, contemporary ownership inscriptions 'William Waring, Farningham Hill' to initial blanks, contemporary annotations to margins and to 20 blanks bound in at rear of Supplement (headed 'Notes to Montagu'), modern bookplates (Bertram Lloyd), contemporary tan calf, rebacked with original spines laid down, 8vo (21 x 12.9 cm), together with: Sibthorp (John). Flora Oxoniensis, exhibens plantas in agro Oxoniensi sponte crescentes, secundum systema sexuale distributas, Oxford: Fletcher, Hanwell & J. Cooke, 1794, errata leaf, scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, maroon morocco title label, headcap perished, joints cracked, 8vo (20.8 x 12.6 cm), Walker (Richard). The Flora of Oxfordshire, and its Contiguous Counties, Oxford: Henry Slatter, 1833, 12 engraved plates (one with closed tear), folding table at rear with closed tear, some spotting, armorial bookplate of Moulton Grange (Northamptonshire) to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, blind and gilt decorated spine with black morocco title label, 8vo (21.3 x 13 cm), Stark (John). Elements of Natural History ... containing the Generic Characters of Nearly the whole Animal Kingdom, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Adam Black and John Stark, 1828, 8 engraved plates, plates spotted, those in volume 1 wormed in gutter, two small marginal worm-tracks towards front of volume 2, contemporary calf, gilt supralibros of the University of Aberdeen to front boards, front joints cracked at ends, 8vo (21.5 x 13 cm), and 1 other (a later edition of Montagu, not collated) (Qty: 8) THE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART II ESTC T81033 (Sibthorp); Henrey 1320 (Sibthorp); Freeman 2630 (Montagu), 3412 (Sibthorp), 3861 (Walker), 3540 (Stark); Mullens & Swann p. 410 (Montagu); Wood p. 470 (Montagu); Zimmer pp. 441-2 (Montagu: 'An exceedingly useful publication'). 'Montagu is recognized as the father of British ornithology through his papers and the Ornithological Dictionary (1802) and supplement (1813) in which he established scrupulous standards for observation and description' (ODNB).