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The Natural History of The Pachydermes, or Thick-Skinned Quadrupeds; Consisting of the Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Tapir, Hog, &c
by Jardine, Sir William, Bart
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Such a beautiful book! No foxing. It is tight and clean and the lively hand-colored plates are sharp and bright.
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About This Item
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars; S. Highley; and W. Curry, Jun. & Co, 1836. Brown cloth covered boards. 12mo. 4-11/16" x 7-3/16." Green endpapers. 248 pp. Such a beautiful book! No foxing. It is tight and clean and the lively hand-colored plates are sharp and bright.. Illustrated by Thirty-two plates, with Memoir and portrait of Sir Hans Sloane. An engraved title page and two accompanying title pages.. This, the fifth volume in the original set, is bound with explanatory text accompanying each plate. Some other volumes of this early edition have all plates bound in the back. Later sets changed the numbering of the volumes. The first 92 pp. are devoted to the naturalist, Sir Hans Sloane.
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- Frogtown Books, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 435
- Title
- The Natural History of The Pachydermes, or Thick-Skinned Quadrupeds; Consisting of the Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Tapir, Hog, &c
- Author
- Jardine, Sir William, Bart
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Thirty-two plates, with Memoir and portrait of Sir Hans Sloane. An engraved title page and two accompanying title
- Format/Binding
- Brown cloth covered boards. 12mo. 4-11/16" x 7-3/16." Green endpapers. 248 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Such a beautiful book! No foxing. It is tight and clean and the lively hand-colored plates are sharp and bright.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. H. Lizars; S. Highley; and W. Curry, Jun. & Co
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1836
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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