Wonders of the Animal Kingdom. Birds
- Collection : A fine ornithological and natural history library
- Publisher : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : numerous engravings (many full-page)
Description:
First edition. Rare. Only six copies listed on OCLC.
Freeman 4073 (but with title incorrectly given as Wonders of the Animal World).
Condition
Sm. 8vo (133x103mm), cont. green full calf (prize binding, dec. gilt border to boards and crest of High School, Bishop Stortford, to front board), spine with raised bands and contrasting red leather title piece, gilt tooling to compartments, edges of boards and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, aeg. A handsome binding, lightly rubbed/scuffed to extremities. Prize bookplate dated 1863. Bookseller's small ticket to rear pastedown (Stanford, Charing Cross, London). Fine.
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