Author: De Kay, J.
Title: Natural history of New York. Introduction [AND] Zoology of New-York, or the New-York Mammalia and introduction to the Natural History of the New York Fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the state of New-York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders, and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Part I. Mammalia.
Description: New York, NY, D. Appleton, 1842. 4to (29.3 x 25.8 cm). 188; xv, 146 pp.; 2, 33 lithographed plates. Original brown, embossed cloth. Spine with gilt vignette and title, front board with gilt vignette. Yellow endpapers. = This is the complete mammals part of the zoology section of a larger series on the natural history of New York by James Ellsworth De Kay (1792-1851). Inscribed in the top margin of the title (signed dedication to a former owner), in an old hand. As usual some foxing on the text, more so to the general title, as always; plates generally cleaner. First gathering (front free endpaper, title and three following leaves) loose. Otherwise a very good copy. A heavy book, rarely seen outside the U.S.A. Nissen ZBI, 1064; Sabin, 53782-53783.

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