Author: Waterton, Charles.
Title: Essays on Natural History. Edited, with a Life of the Author by Norman Moore.
Description: London: Frederick Warne & Co. / New York: Scribner, Welford & Co. 1871. 1871. - Thick octavo, cloth. The covers are spotted with their corners chipped & stained. The spine is faded with a small tear to its midsection. Its head & tail are chipped & there is a small piece out of the head. vii & 631 pages. Illustrated with 4 black-and-white plates, including a portrait frontispiece with a tissue guard. The hinges are just starting & the book is cracked at page 128. There is a previous owner's signature on the front endpaper. The tissue guard is darkened with offsetting to the frontispiece & title. 1 plate is loose. The blanks are foxed & there is occasional light foxing to the text pages. Good reading copy. Good .

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY; ESSAYS ON NATURAL HISTORY; NINETEENTH CENTURY NATURALIST; 19TH CENTURY NATURALIST; CHARLES WATERTON; NORMAN MOORE, EDITOR; PORTRAIT; PLATES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.


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