Illustrations of Birds Drawn for John Gould by Edward Lear (Numbered) Very good book overall

Very good book overall

Bound by Real Lachenmaier in full dark green buckram with a design in white and gold by Packer

and the matching publisher's slipcase

spine and inside edges

mould-made paper

Illustrations of Birds Drawn for John Gould by Edward Lear (Numbered) Very good book overallIllustrations of Birds Drawn for John Gould by Edward Lear. London: The Folio Society, [2012]. Limited Edition #240 out of only 780 published by The Folio Society in 2012. Notes "A landmark in the history of ornithological publishing. Edward Lear had an eye for landscapes and an ear for rhyme, but it was neither as a travel painter, nor as a writer of comic verse that he first displayed his prolific talent. Between 1832 when he was just 20 and 1838,