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JARDINE (WILLIAM) The Naturalist's Library, 40 vol., Edinburgh, W.H. Lizars, 1842-1843 image 1
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JARDINE (WILLIAM)
The Naturalist's Library, 40 vol., Edinburgh, W.H. Lizars, 1842-1843

20 November 2024, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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JARDINE (WILLIAM)

The Naturalist's Library, 40 vol., 40 engraved portraits, 40 additional engraved pictorial titles (25 hand-coloured), 1286 engraved plates (of 1280, lacking some of the called for plates but with additional ones), mostly hand-coloured, one double-page, 16 half-titles only, light age-toning, partially unopened, later green half calf, slight fading to spines [Nissen ZBI 4708; Wood, p.405; Zimmer, p.326], 8vo, Edinburgh, W.H. Lizars, 1842-1843

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Comprising: Mammalia (13), Ornithology (14), Ichthyology (6), and Entomology (7).

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