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JARDINE (WILLIAM) The Naturalist's Library, 42 vol. (including 2 supplementary volumes), W.H. Allen, 1884-1885
15 June 2016, 14:00 BST
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JARDINE (WILLIAM)
The Naturalist's Library, 42 vol. (including 2 supplementary volumes), engraved portrait frontispieces in 41 volumes (not called for in one supplementary volume), additional engraved pictorial titles (some hand-coloured), numerous engraved plates (most hand-coloured), publisher's red cloth gilt, t.e.g., spines faded, 8vo, W.H. Allen, 1884-1885
Footnotes
This edition re-uses the plates from Henry Bohn's edition, the subjects hand-coloured and the backgrounds uncoloured, but has two supplementary volumes: The Natural History of the Human Species by Charles Hamilton Smith, and A General History of the Humming-birds, or the Trochilidae: with Especial Reference to the Collection of J. Gould by W.C.L. Martin.
Provenance: Cholmondeley, late nineteenth century family inscription; by descent to current owner.





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