Pennant's History of Quadrupeds with 111 plates
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Author: Pennant, Thomas
Title: History of Quadrupeds
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed for B. & J. White
Date Published: 1793
Description:
Author: Pennant, Thomas
Title: History of Quadrupeds
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed for B. & J. White
Date Published: 1793
Description:
2 volumes. xxx, 306; 324, [14] pp. Engraved title-pages (no printed title-pages, as issued); 111 copper-engraved plates. (lg 4to) 31.5x23.8 cm. (12¼x9½"), period quarter red sheep & marbled boards, spines tooled in gilt, raised bands, page edges untrimmed. Large Paper Copy. Third Edition.
First published in 1771 as ’Synopsis of quadrupeds’. The fine etched plates are by P. Mazell. With no plates numbered 30, 37,77, 87 or 107; 2 plates numbered 88 and 2 numbered 104; extra plates numbered 57a, 60a, 66a, 68a, and 90a. Complete with engraved titles and 111 plates, as issued.
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Vol. I lacking the front cover, the rear cover detached; rubbing to joints and extremities; some foxing and offset within, internally very good.
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Pennant's History of Quadrupeds with 111 plates
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