The Gallery Of Nature

Pictorial and descriptive tour through creation, illustrative of the wonders of Astronomy, Physical Geography and Geology. A new edition, carefully revised. xii+803 pp.+17 engravings on steel h.t. Numerous engravings on wood in-text. 26x18 cm. WM. S. ORR & CO., London, 1852. --- Three-quarter leather (private binding), with edgewear. Tight binding, all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers, some occasional foxing. Pages are… Read more about this item

London: William S. Orr & Co, 1846. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to (measuring 10" x 7" x 2"), three-quarter bound leather over black buckram, a later but handsome rebinding, with original spine label affixed. Fourteen engravings on steel, "eight line engravings, and two hundred and fifty vignettes on wood, with several hundred diagrams and sections". Occasional foxing to edges… Read more about this item

London: Wm. S. Orr & Co., 1849. Large 8vo. xii, [804] + 15 engraved plates. Black morocco with five raised bands, gilt decoration, lettering, and edges. Very Good. Some wear to boards. Calligraphic presentation to N. H. Taylor from the London Mechanics Institution. Hardcover. Very Good.

London: WM. S. Orr & Co.,, 1849. A smart copy of this very successful work. "Originally issued in parts, The Gallery of Nature (1846) was lavishly illustrated with wood engravings and was revised and reprinted several times, demonstrating a longevity far beyond most popular illustrated works of its day" (Fyfe, p. 208). Milner (1808-1883) published religious tracts before… Read more about this item

Quarter bound in leather over green cloth boards; raised bands and gilt decoration and titles on spine. Edges of text block marbled. Endpapers marbled. With 16 engravings on steel and numerous wood engravings. Boards with light edgewear; rubbed and marked in places. Foxing to preliminaries and endleaves; some other pages with light foxing or other marks, but mostly clean. Binding firm.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Gallery of Nature; or Wonders of the Earth and the Heavens, by Thomas Milner ... With interesting information From Other Naturalists. Condensed and Revised by Caleb Wright ... Embellished With Num.

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Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Gallery of Nature.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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