Naturalist's Library Ornithology Volume IX Birds of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 9
de Sir William Jardine
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Edinburgh: W H Lizars, 1838. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, 315 pages, frontis, illustrated engraved title & 34 fine hand colour / colored steel engravings of birds. Original brown cloth covers - original green endpapers split at front with rear one intact. Gold embossed spine. Original brown cloth covers - boards and spine detached from pages. two 1/2" splits to top of spine. and a two inch split between spine and back board at top. The plates are bound in at the rear of this volume. Plates sell for up to $75 each. Some foxing on initial pages and some to cover pages to plates but little else seen. Some pages still unsplit at tops.
Sir William Jardine Baronet was a 19th Century Scottish naturalist. After originally studied medicine in Edinburgh and Paris he was captivated by the natural sciences. He founded the Magazine of Zoology and Botany in 1837. This volume covers with birds of prey including falcons, eagles, ospreys, buzzards, etc.
Sir William Jardine Baronet was a 19th Century Scottish naturalist. After originally studied medicine in Edinburgh and Paris he was captivated by the natural sciences. He founded the Magazine of Zoology and Botany in 1837. This volume covers with birds of prey including falcons, eagles, ospreys, buzzards, etc.
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- Título
- Naturalist's Library Ornithology Volume IX Birds of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 9
- Autor
- Sir William Jardine
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- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
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- 1
- Edición
- First printing
- Editorial
- W H Lizars
- Lugar de publicación
- Edinburgh
- Fecha de publicación
- 1838
- Palabras clave
- hand colored, ornithology water colour / color watercolor, watercolour, birds
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