FIRST OCTAVO EDITION SEVEN VOLUMES COMPLETE VERY NICELY BOUND IN HALF GREEN LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS GILT TITLES. WITH 432 PLATES MOSTLY COLOURED (322 OF BIRDS AND 110 OF EGGS). VOLUME 1 HAS BEEN MORE RECENTLY REBOUND THAN THE OTHERS BY MALTBYS OF OXFORD BUT IN THE SAME STYLE. WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF COSMO NEVILL. EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND TIDY. VERY SCARCE.
A FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION PUBLISHED IN 1831 BY R. ACKERMANN WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE RAILWAY BY GEORGE OTTLEY. OCTAVO. THIS DE LUXE EDITION BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF IN LAVANA CALF IS LIMITED TO TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY NUMBERED COPIES. THIS BEING NUMBER 143. AND IS CONTAINED IN A SLIPCASE IN NEAR FINE CONDITION
A FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION PUBLISHED IN 1831 BY R. ACKERMANN WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE RAILWAY BY GEORGE OTTLEY. OCTAVO. THIS DE LUXE EDITION BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF IN LAVANA CALF IS LIMITED TO TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY NUMBERED COPIES. THIS BEING NUMBER 143. AND IS CONTAINED IN A SLIPCASE IN NEAR FINE CONDITION