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William Cowper / H. Fitz Cook - The Diverting History of John Gilpin - 1800
Nr 81463999
Nr 81463999
ca.1859.
Hand-coloured plates.
"Being a popular account of the structure, habits, and classification
of the various departments of the animal kingdom:
Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Shells, and Insects.
Including the insects destructive to agriculture".
Half-leather over green moire silk boards.
Morocco gilt title, gilt raised bands, panel vignettes to spine [some loss].
Marbled page-blocks.
Double-column text format.
Some spotting/foxing.
Volume I.
446 pages.
Hand-colour title-page.
34 hand-coloured and b & w plates - Mammalia.
31 hand-coloured and b & w plates - Birds.
In-text illustrations.
Volume II.
405, [1], xxxviii, [2] pages.
8 hand-coloured and b & w plates - Reptiles.
4 hand-coloured and b & w plates - Amphibia.
17 hand-coloured and b & w plates - Fishes.
11 hand-coloured and b & w plates - Entomology.
2 b & w plates - Cirripedes.
11 colour and b & w plates - Mollusca.
4 b & w plates - The Terms used in Conchology.
6 colour and b & w plates - Echinodermata.
2 b & w plates - Acalephae.
2 b & w plates - Polyps.
2 b & w plates - Infusoria & Rotatoria.
2 b & w plates - Rhizopoda.
Plates are in lovely condition.
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