The Natural History of Beetles; Naturalist's Library,Entomology Vol. II. by James Duncan, Sir William Jardine, editor - 1835

EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1835 A good copy of the 1st edition in contemporary half morocco leather binding with marbled paper sides. With black and white frontispiece portrait of John Ray; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages; inserted small slip; contents listing; publisher's advert; Memoir of Ray; text with numerous illustrations and 30 hand coloured plates. There is the remains of an old page marker. The spine has small raised bands and gilt titles. There is rubbing to spine ends and joints but no splitting at the joints. The corners have wear with some surface loss at the front bottom corner. Endpapers are marbled. There is a pencil signature to the verso of the frontispiece. Contents are clean with some toning to text and some plates. Page 30 has a repaired bottom edge tear and there is the occasional crease to text corner tipis. Some plates lack guards and the guard to plate 25 is detaching.