Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, and interesting animals, selected...

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Large-8vo. Volume 3. Contemporary half brown morrocco binding. Illustrated with 63 fine hand colored lithograph plates (26 birds, 29 shells, 8 butterflies), which are throughout extremely clean and in vivid hand color. Very few plates with minor text off setting. Bound with the indexes for the various sections, also each of the plates with an accompanying page of text, describing the individual bird, insect or shells. Contemporary half brown morrocco binding with marbled boards. Corners also covered with leather. The spines with glit letter-pressed titles in five compartments. Book spine broken (front cover nearly loose).

Nissen IVB 911;