Beschreibung:

Humboldt (Alexander von). Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, translated from the German by E.C. Otte, 5 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-58, portrait frontispiece to volume I (detached with title and following leaf), occasional light toning, volume IO half title partly torn away, original cloth, rebacked, volumes III-V original spines relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Lloyds Natural History series, 13 volumes: A Hand-Book to the Birds of Great Britain, by R. Bowdler Sharpe, 4 volumes, 1896-97, Hand-Book to the Order Lepidoptera, byW.F. Kirby, 1896-97, A Hand-Book to the Primates, by Henry O. Forbes, 2 volumes, 1896-97, and 3 others, numerous colour plates, a few small adhesive tape residue marks, uniformly bound in half morocco gilt, 8vo, with others including Fur, Feather and Fin series, 12 volumes, 1893-1905, The Royal Natural History, edited by Richard Lydekker, 6 volumes, 1893-96, and volume V only of A Collection of Voyages round the World..., 1790 (Quantity: 50)