Author: GOLDSMITH OLIVER
Title: A History of the Earth and Animated Nature
Description: London, Thomas Nelson. 1851, First Thus. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. pictorial gilt embossed backstrip detached, book needs rebacking and restoration, contents intact and tidy, one two leaf section stands proud, corners bumped and rubbed through at tips, blind embossed boards, hinges cracked, engraved title and frontis is foxed, xvi 716pp + engraved plates, all edges gilt, final leaf of contents and first leaf of book proper has been trimmed to fore edge, first edition in one volume format, pages are double column, engraved plates generally have six different animals depicted on the same plate, clean internally with very infrequent occurences of occasional single spots of foxing, suitable for restoration or a new binding. Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: Natural History Fauna Animals Victorian Engravings Illustrated Goldsmith's Animated Nature First Edition Two Volumes in One


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