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ANON.
The Natural History of Quadrupeds, and Cetaceous Animals, from the Works of the Best Authors, Antient and Modern, Embellished with Numerous Plates, Accurately Coloured from Nature.
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ANON.
The Natural History of Quadrupeds, and Cetaceous Animals, from the Works of the Best Authors, Antient and Modern, Embellished with Numerous Plates, Accurately Coloured from Nature.
Description:
pp. (i) Title, (i) blank, xxxi, (i) blank, 471, (i) blank. 68 hand-coloured engraved plates; (i) Title, (i) blank, 444, (viii) Contents. 52 hand-coloured engraved plates [some plates bound out of sequence]. Contemporary tree calf, small tear to the top of the spine of v.I, slight insect damage to the surface of the front board of v.II, pp.3/4 in v.I torn at the op corner with loss of a few words, frontispiece to v.II a little creased at the lower blank corner, overall very good copies.
*FREEMAN BNHB #2766
Brightly and Co. Bungay.
Date Published: 1811. 2 volumes. 8vo.
Stock No. 63300
Price: £350.00