Description:
Title: Dogs, Jackals, Wolves, and Foxes: A Monograph of the CanidaeAuthor: Mivart, St. George
Place Published: London
Publisher: R. H. Porter
Date Published: 1890
Description: [12], xxxviii, 216, [45] plates pp. 45 hand-colored lithographed plates by J. G. Keulemans; woodcuts in the text. (4to) 26x20 cm (10¼x8"), original brown cloth, lettered in gilt. First Edition.
The principal work on the subject. Mivart was professor of botany and zoology at Kensington Roman Catholic University College in London. Fabulously illustrated.
Condition: Varying shades of toning to cloth, some staining to rear cover; hinges repaired, signatures separating a bit internally; light foxing; very good.
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