Title: The Natural History of Ordinary Cetacea, or Whales Author: Jardine, William (editor) Place: Edinburgh Publisher: W.H. Lizars Date: 1837 Description: 264, [1] pp. 32 steel-engraved plates including frontispiece portrait and additional pictorial title page, all but 3 of the plates hand-colored. (12mo) 17.5x11 cm (7x4¼") original cloth, rebacked with original spine cloth laid down, spine lettered in gilt. Much on catching the whale as well as the various species; dolphins are included at the end. Wonderfully illustrated. Volume 6 of the publisher's "Naturalist Library". Also included is Volume 8 of the series, Amphibious Carnivora including the Walrus and Seals. 31 plates, most hand-colored, worn condition. And, Buffon's Natural History of the Globe and of Man. 4 volumes, woodcuts throughout, original cloth, worn. Lot Amendments Condition: Whaling volume with some wear and soiling to cloth; very good; others worn, fair condition. Item number: 246971
Title: The Natural History of Ordinary Cetacea, or Whales Author: Jardine, William (editor) Place: Edinburgh Publisher: W.H. Lizars Date: 1837 Description: 264, [1] pp. 32 steel-engraved plates including frontispiece portrait and additional pictorial title page, all but 3 of the plates hand-colored. (12mo) 17.5x11 cm (7x4¼") original cloth, rebacked with original spine cloth laid down, spine lettered in gilt. Much on catching the whale as well as the various species; dolphins are included at the end. Wonderfully illustrated. Volume 6 of the publisher's "Naturalist Library". Also included is Volume 8 of the series, Amphibious Carnivora including the Walrus and Seals. 31 plates, most hand-colored, worn condition. And, Buffon's Natural History of the Globe and of Man. 4 volumes, woodcuts throughout, original cloth, worn. Lot Amendments Condition: Whaling volume with some wear and soiling to cloth; very good; others worn, fair condition. Item number: 246971
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