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The Naturalist’s Library, Mammalia… Monkeys
by JARDINE, Sir William
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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About This Item
1833 1ed MONKEY Evolution Primate Chimpanzee Orangutan Color Illustrated Jardine
Sir William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, 'The Naturalist's Library'.
This fine 1833 edition of Jardine's 'Mammalia' is beautifully color illustrated with 32 engravings of various species of monkeys! The plates from Jardine's works are exceedingly desirable and are found framed and displayed by themselves. This volume showcases illustrations and descriptions of orangutans, gibbons, proboscis monkeys, the red-shanked duoc, simpai monkey, and chimpanzees.
Item number: #30180
Price: $550
JARDINE, Sir William
The Naturalist's Library, Mammalia… Monkeys
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars and Stirling and Kenney, Longman…Curry…1833. First edition.
Details:
• Collation: Complete with all pages
o [6], vi, 7-230, 25, [1], 11, [1]
o 31 hand-colored engraved plates (plus engraved portrait frontispiece)
• References: Lowndes 1192
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Cloth
• Size: ~7.25in X 4.5in (18cm x 11cm)
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30180
- Title
- The Naturalist’s Library, Mammalia… Monkeys
- Author
- JARDINE, Sir William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. H. Lizars and Stirling and Kenney, Longman…Curry
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1833
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1833 1ed MONKEY Evolution Primate Chimpanzee Orangutan Color Illustrated Jardine, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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