Author: SHAW, George
Title: General Zoology or Systematic Natural History
Description: London, G. Kearsley/Thomas Davison, 1800-1826. Hardcover. Twelve (of fourteen) volumes bound in eighteen volumes comprising twenty-two parts and including index, bound in recent 3/4 polished calf leather and marbled boards with blind rules, gilt-lettered and decorated spines, and gilt-lettered brown morocco spine labels. Illustrated with engraved title pages and 1048 plates. Includes 233 plates of mammals in 14 parts in 4 volumes; 140 plates of amphibians in 2 parts in 2 volumes; 190 plates of fish in 4 parts in 4 volumes; 139 plates of insects in 2 parts in 2 volumes; and 346 plates of birds in 10 parts in 5 volumes. Minor foxing to the plates with many tissue guards still in place, text generally clean. Near Fine in a Fine, attractive binding .

Keywords: Mammals, Insects, Amphibians, Fine Bindings, Fish Fine Bindings Birds Wood Engravings Illustrated Books


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