1630 - Wright, M.W. and F.

Wright, M.W. and F. Swedish Birds, Drawn from Nature and in Studio. Text (and biographies of the Wright brothers) by E. Lönnberg. 3 vols. Stockholm (1924–29). Folio. With 364 color lithographed bird plates and numerous illustrations in the text. Contemporary half-leather binding. Nissen, IVB 1026. Anker 544. Wood 637. - Second, substantially expanded edition of the magnificently illustrated monograph on the birds of Sweden. In addition to the 184 plates from the earlier edition, it contains reproductions of the originals held at the Swedish Academy and the University Library of Helsinki. - “[T]he illustrations of Swedish birds by the von Wright brothers [are] so excellent […] that, even a century later, they were deemed worthy of a new edition, in which nearly the same number of previously unpublished plates have come to light” (Nissen, p. 54 ff.). - A fine copy.