7 volumes, 8vo (217 x 133 mm). Wood-engraved title vignettes, 322 hand-colored lithographed plates of birds and 105 of their eggs, with 7 (of 8?) uncolored diagram plates. (Occasional spotting). Contemporary green morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest gilt-decorated, edges gilt (spines slightly sunned with a few minor scuffs, a few discreet repairs to some edges and spine ends). 

Mixed octavo edition uniformly bound of Meyer's work on British birds. With illustrations after Meyer and his wife Mary Ann Moor Meyer, notably including the eggs of most species listed, an uncommon addition for ornithological works of the day.