The Collected Library

2 works in one, folio. Lithographed throughout. Titles, text and decorative flourishes all printed in gilt, 24 fine hand-colored plates, one on paper mounted (as issued). (Light spotting.) Original pictorial morocco, both covers inset with an illustration in color within gilt and black borders, all edges gilt (light rubbing at extremities).

A fine selection of plates of hummingbirds and flower bouquets and fruits, that combine natural history with high Victorian design. Paul Jerrard was the publisher of a series of gift books of the highest quality, the present work being parts 1 and 2 of the four works he published under the collective title Gems for the Drawing Room: ...Fruit & Flowers, 1852, [vol.I]; ...Fruit & Flowers, 1852, [vol.II]; The Humming Bird Keepsake, [n.d.]. A fourth work ...Birds was also available. Fine Bird Books, p.84 (...Humming Birds only).