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Lot 54

JARDINE (WILLIAM)
The Naturalist's Library, 40 vol., Edinburgh, W.H. Lizars, 1843

15 June 2016, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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JARDINE (WILLIAM)

The Naturalist's Library, 40 vol., additional "1843" titles, half-titles in all but 11 volumes, each with engraved additional titles (some hand-coloured) and portrait frontispieces, numerous engraved plates (all but a few hand-coloured), contemporary red half calf, spine tooled in gilt with red and green morocco lettering labels, extremities of spines rubbed [Nissen ZBI 4708; Wood, p.405; Zimmer, p.326], 12mo, Edinburgh, W.H. Lizars, 1843

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A set bound set in contemporary red half morocco.

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