Original First Edition

The Birds of Sussex, William Borrer, 1891, First edition


The Birds of Sussex, William Borrer, 1891, First edition
The Birds of Sussex, William Borrer, 1891, First edition
The Birds of Sussex, William Borrer, 1891, First edition
The Birds of Sussex, William Borrer, 1891, First edition
The Birds of Sussex, William Borrer, 1891, First edition
The Birds of Sussex, William Borrer, 1891, First edition
The Birds of Sussex, William Borrer, 1891, First edition
The Birds of Sussex, William Borrer, 1891, First edition
The Birds of Sussex, William Borrer, 1891, First edition
The Birds of Sussex, William Borrer, 1891, First edition
The Birds of Sussex, William Borrer, 1891, First edition
The Birds of Sussex, William Borrer, 1891, First edition
The Birds of Sussex, William Borrer, 1891, First edition

The Birds of Sussex, William Borrer, 1891, First edition    The Birds of Sussex, William Borrer, 1891, First edition
Beautiful chromo-lithographed frontispiece (original tissue guard present but detached), five fine chromo-lihtographed plates (original tissue guards present) and folding map colored in outline. Original blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, chocolate endpapers. With List of Subscribers and 8pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Spine ends with edge wear; frontpiece original tissue guard present but detached; else very good.

William Borrer was born at Barrow Hill, Henfield, West Sussex on January 18th 1814. He inherited a love of natural history from his father the noted botanist William Borrer senior, friend of Sir Joesph Banks and William Hooker.

William Borrer was educated at Baton's school at Leith Hill Surrey. He then went to Cambridge in 1835 where he entered Peterhouse as a Fellow Commoner, taking his BA degree in 1839 and MA a few years later.

He married in 1842 and settled in "Brookhill" a house where he was to house his natural history collection in Cowfold. Borrer had a keen interest in Natural History but the most complete collections were that of British Birds and their eggs.

Right up until his death in 1898 he was till adding birds eggs to his collection.


The Birds of Sussex, William Borrer, 1891, First edition    The Birds of Sussex, William Borrer, 1891, First edition