- Curiosities and Wonders of Nature, Science and Art; or, the Intellectual Observer

London, Groombridge and Sons, c1864. Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce work on the wonders of the natural world, with illustrations. Scarce work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, four tinted plates, and numerous engravings throughout. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive collection of facts, articles, and important information on the natural sciences and art. With chapters on solar theories, notes on fungi, ladies' slippers, luminous impressions, Highland insects, and much more. Includes contributions from writers such as: William Duthie, D. Mackintosh, G. M. Whipple, Shirley Hibberd, and H. M. Jenkins. Dated from the University of Oxford Libraries. In the original full green cloth binding with gilt. Externally, sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with small splits in the cloth at the joints. Light loss to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting predominantly to the first and last few pages. Light loss and marks from pages 479 to the rear endpaper, no loss impacting the reading of the text. School prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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