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Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon with Narratives and Anecdotes Illustrative of the Habits and Instincts of the Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, &c. including a Monograph of the Elephant Original pictorial gilt green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, little rubbed at edges, complete, very slight foxin -

by TENNENT, Sir J. Emerson;

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London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861, First edition. . original pictorial gilt green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, little rubbed at edges, complete, very slight foxing on a few leaves, but clean and very good copy. . 8vo [20 x 13 cm]; xiii, [i], [errata leaf], 500, 24 [ads] pp, 10 plates including frontis, numerous other engraved illus, index. . Catalogue of the British Museum Natural History p. 2084. Casey Wood 594. This is a major expansion of the author's earlier general work on Ceylon, covering all animals, birds, etc, with some emphasis on the elephant. There are two lists of birds, one of the birds of Ceylon, and the other of those peculiar to Ceylon, as well as lists of insects species, shells, leeches, etc. This copy has the additional errata sheet not found in all copies, after the first errata sheet. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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  • Title Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon with Narratives and Anecdotes Illustrative of the Habits and Instincts of the Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, &c. including a Monograph of the Elephant
  • Author TENNENT, Sir J. Emerson;
  • Binding original pictorial gilt green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, little rubbed at edges, complete, very slight foxin
  • Publisher London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861, First edition.
  • Bookseller's Inventory # J11780

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