The Naturalist's Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History; Illustrative of the Natures, Dispositions, Manners, and Habits, of all the most remarkable Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Amphibia, Reptiles &c
de Rev. Thomas Smith
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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London : James Cundee, 1806 A good copy of this scarce 6 volume work bound in 3 volumes. With 58 (of 60) hand coloured plates and 6 hand coloured vignette title pages. An account of natural history based around observation and reading mixed with anecdotes and tales relating to the animal in question. The illustrator (anonymous) has then produced some extraordinary illustrations including an orang utan at the dining table, a flock of herons attacking rooks, a boxing kangaroo, and a man riding an ostrich, and a sneaking crocodile. Rev Smith refers to himself as an 'editor' rather than an author - but there are no clues as to contributors. Originally planned in 4 volumes, Vol 5 and 6 (covering fish, amphibians, insects and other invertebrates) were added in 1807. Each volume has a frontispiece, a hand coloured vignette title page, and a plain title page. According to the directions to the binder at the end of Vol 6, there should be 60 plates - this copy is lacking a frontispiece of a turkey and a plate showing a bulldog and a monkey. In contemporary full leather bindings with newer plain spines with title and volume labels. The bindings have wear to edges and corners and the odd scuff mark. Marbled endpapers and page edges. All have a bookplate of Tom Nightingale to the front pastedown and there is a signature of William Baine October 1889 to the top of preliminary blank in Vol 3. Paper quality varies - with some pages brown toned - and there is occasional spotting and light marking. The plates vary in the quality of the colouring. 2 plates and 2 pages have small repaired edge tears. Some page edges have been turned over at some point. An interesting work.
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- 031784
- Título
- The Naturalist's Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History; Illustrative of the Natures, Dispositions, Manners, and Habits, of all the most remarkable Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Amphibia, Reptiles &c
- Autor
- Rev. Thomas Smith
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Full-Leather
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- N
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
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- Editorial
- James Cundee
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1806
- Palabras clave
- natural history, early 1800's natural history, quadrupeds, amphibians,
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- NATURAL HISTORY;
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- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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