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Illustrations : title vignette, 357 text engravings
Description:
First edition.
Condition
8vo, orig. green cloth, with double gilt rule to head and foot of spine + front board, gilt vignette of lion and lioness to front board; a few very minor nicks; occasional light foxing; a few marginal annotations and several relevant, near contemporary newspaper cuttings loosely inserted. A review of a biography of Flower (by Lydekker) pasted to verso of half-title. A later owner's name to half-title. A very bright and attractive copy.