Swainson, William
Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, and interesting animals, selected...
Eigenschaften
- Published: London
- Published date: 1823
- Type: Book
- Technique: Book
- Issue date: 1822-23
- Size: 26 x 16 cm (10.25 x 6,25 inches).
- Bibliography: Nissen IVB 911;
- Stock number: 37560
- Condition: Contem. Half leather in brown, gilt embossed title on spine. Cover coated with marbled paper, front and end paper also marbled. Some scuffs on corners, edges, cover and spine. Inside a very clean and complete copy. Book spine broken. Bookplate in front cover: by Henry Swainson Cowper, F.S.A. Hawkshead.
Article description
Article description
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;
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