The Naturalist’s Library. Mammalia. Vol. V. / The Natural History of Pachydermes, or, Thick-Skinned Quadrupeds; Consisting of the Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Tapir, Hog, &c. Illustrated by Thirty-Two Plates, with Memoir and Portrait of Sir Hans Sloane.
by Sir William Jardine
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Edges rubbed, spine faded, otherwise a very good copy, text and plates are clean and crisp, bound in decorative period full moro
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Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1836. Edges rubbed, spine faded, otherwise a very good copy, text and plates are clean and crisp, bound in decorative period full morocco.. Binding: Contemporary full red morocco boards with alternating blind- and gilt-tool lined borders and gilt edges, spine in five compartments of raised gilt bands, gilt text in two and four, all edges speckled, and with decorative endpapers. , Notes: The first hundred or so pages are dedicated to Sir Hans Sloane, whose immense personal collection of artifacts was bequeathed to Great Britain and became the starting point of the British Museum. This volume presents several impressive hand-coloured plates of various pachydermes, including several plates of rhinoceroses and boars., Size: 12mo, Illustration: Complete with frontispiece portrait of Sir Hans Sloane, engraved title, and 30 plates (26 hand-coloured), 32 in total., Pages: P. half-title, frontis, engraved title, blank, title, printer’s imprint, advertisement xi-xiii, blank, contents xv-xvi, memoir 17-92, pachydermes 93-248., Category: Book Natural History; Book Biography;Book Plate Books Colour;
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- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books
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- Title
- The Naturalist’s Library. Mammalia. Vol. V. / The Natural History of Pachydermes, or, Thick-Skinned Quadrupeds; Consisting of the Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Tapir, Hog, &c. Illustrated by Thirty-Two Plates, with Memoir and Portrait of Sir Hans Sloane.
- Author
- Sir William Jardine
- Book Condition
- Used - Edges rubbed, spine faded, otherwise a very good copy, text and plates are clean and crisp, bound in decorative period full moro
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W.H. Lizars
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1836
- Keywords
- Book Natural History; Book Biography;Book Plate Books Colour;
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