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The Natural History of the Ruminating Animals, containing Deer, Antelopes, Camels & c. Part I
by Sir William Jardine
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/N
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1835 A good to very good copy of the 1st edition in the publisher's original cloth binding. With volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Camper; hand coloured vignette title page showing a red deer stag; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert; Memoir of Camper; text with numerous illustrations and 33 plates, of which 31 are hand coloured; and publisher's catalogue 7pp. The binding is clean and sound with relatively little fading apart from the board edges. Spine ends are pulled with some small splitting starting at the top end. Bottom front corner with tiny bump; remaining corners with light wear. Internally there is the decorative bookplate of Francis Hemming, the entomologist, on the front pastedown endpaper. Text pages have light toning to margins and some darkening along the top page edges. Plates are clean and well coloured with light toning towards the edges. Plate 13 has a repaired tear to the top edge. There is light offsetting from plates to tissue guards.
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- Bookseller
- E C Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033268
- Title
- The Natural History of the Ruminating Animals, containing Deer, Antelopes, Camels & c. Part I
- Author
- Sir William Jardine
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W H LIZARS
- Place of Publication
- EDINBURGH
- Date Published
- 1835
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- william jardine; naturalist's library; deer; nineteenth century natural history; mammalia; ruminantia
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATURAL HISTORY;
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E C Books
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Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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- Title Page
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- Vignette
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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