Eight mounted original plates from "Familiar Wild Birds" by W. Swaysland, London, Cassel and Company, 1903. Illustrations by the Scottish watercolour painter Archibal Thornburn (signed on plates) and others. Each plate shows a different species of bird. Technique: chromolithography. Plate size before mounting: cm. 18 X 12 (7 X 4,7 inch approx). Back of plates is blank. Pale blue mounts. Colours are still bright in spite of the age. Included plates: – Pochard – Cuckoo – Common Gull - Richardson’s Skua – Tree Sparrow – Shoveller – Spotted Fly-catcher – Grasshopper Warbler Object belonging to the seller's private collection. To be delivered via tracked package. Annexed pictures are integral part of the item description. Please refer to them to get your own idea before purchase. Custom duties for delivery outside the EU, if any, will be borne by purchaser. Retention of title by seller until full payment to seller is made. Price includes appropriate packaging.