I have recently been on a brief book-buying tour just over the border in Scotland and have boosted my stock with some gems.
One of these is a copy of William Hewitson’s illustrated “Eggs of British Birds”. It is a second edition dated 1846 but what makes this copy is so special that inaddition to the wonderful coloured illustrations of the eggs are the additional pictures. In 1871 William Dickinson has added exquisite water colours of birds, and on a number of pages humerous vignettes. It really is delightful… but I suppose I must put it up for sale!