A History of Quadrupeds, Adapted to the Capacity of the Youth.
Book Description
First Edition. 12mo, viii, 5-201, advertisement to verso, printed by J. G. Bernard, Clerkenwell. Hardback, contemporary half calf on marbled boards, gilt spine, frontispiece present; minor water damage to frontispiece and title page (contents clean), a binder’s label reading “Bound by R. Robinson Doncaster” to front paste down.
Dealer Notes
Overall, in good condition. An adaptation of Buick’s Quadrupeds for children with his woodcuts to text and descriptions of the Kangaroo, Rat of New South Wales, the Musk Rat of Canada, the Barbary Ape, and the Nyl-ghau. Unusual in its first edition and in a contemporary provincial binding.
AuthorMrs Mary Trimmer, T. Buick (Original Author)
Date1803
BindingHardcover
PublisherLondon: Tegg and Castleman
ConditionGood
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