Bidspirit auction | Millais's British Game Birds -

Millais's British Game Birds - Volume with 18 Color Plates & 17 Photogravures - This first edition work is J. G. Millais's The Natural History of British Game Birds. The work was published in London in 1909 by Longmans, Green, and Co. This is one of 550 copies. The volume is bound in original burgundy cloth gilt. The volume includes the frontispiece, 18 color plates, and 17 photogravures. The color plates are by Archibald Thorburn and J. G. Millais. Provenance: Bookplates of J. E. Wightman and M. H. Cockell Paper Size: ~ 12” by 16 1/4” Paper Type or Special Features: Volume with 18 Color Plates & 17 Photogravures