Author: WHITE, JOHN S. (EDITOR).
Title: The Boys' and Girls' Pliny. Being Parts of Pliny's "Natural History" Edited for Boys and Girls, with an Introduction.
Description: New York: G.P.Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press,1885. 1st edition. Natural History of Pliny. Contents: I.Dedication; II.An Account of the World and the Elements; III.Man, His Birth and His Organization; IV.The Nature of Terrestrial Animals; V.Domestic Animals; VI.The Natural History of Fishes; VII.The Natural History of Birds;VIII.The Various Kinds of Insects; IX.The Natural History of Metals. Pp.xxvi/326/6(publisher's catalogue), frontispiece + many further illustrations throughout. Blue cloth, black & white illustration (Vesuvius) inset tot front board, gilt title to front and spine, spine rubbed and dulled, bumps to corner tips. Scarce. G+.

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