The Naturalist's Library. Mammalia. Vol. XI. Marsupialia or Pouched Animals
by Jardine, William. G.R. Waterhouse
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1841. Hardcover. Very good. Small 8vo, xvi, 323 pp, 3/4 black leather and maroon buckram boards, gilt titles in 5 compartments on spine, hand colored portrait of John Barclay, and a memoir of Barclay, 34 other hand colored plates bound at rear. Spine chipped at head, rubbed at edges and corners. Internally very clean, a beautiful copy.
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- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
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- Title
- The Naturalist's Library. Mammalia. Vol. XI. Marsupialia or Pouched Animals
- Author
- Jardine, William. G.R. Waterhouse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W. H. Lizars
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1841
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUSTRALIA; KANGAROOS;
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