THE WORK WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 24 PARTS (1905-1910). THIS SET COMPRISES 2O OF THE 24 PARTS AND THEREFORE 85 OF THE 106 COLOUR PLATES OF EGGS ALL WITH THE ORIGINAL CARD COVERS. PARTS 3/4 AND 23/24 ARE MISSING. A VERY SCARCE WORK.
VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD SLIPCASE BUT WITH SOME FADING ILLUSTRATION ON FRONT OF SLIP-CASE. FULLY ILLUSTRATED INCLUDED END PAPERS. INCLUDES BIBLIOGRAPHY NOTES AND TRANSLATIONS AND SOURCES OF THE HEADING TEXTS.
VERY GOOD COPY IN CELLOPHANE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. SMALL NAMEPLATE ON FEP. SELECTION OF ILLUSTRATION BY MOH.H.ABDUL-RAHMAN AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY DOMINIQUE DARBOIS.
EXTRACTED FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM GENERAL CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS. FOUR VOLUMES. VOLUME 1: GENERALITIES PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION. VOLUME 2: SOCIAL SCIENCES PURE SCIENCES TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS. VOLUME 3: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. VOLUME 4: GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY. A TOTAL OF 4388 PAGES IN THE FOUR VOLUMES. VOLUME 1 HAS FIVE SPOTS TO THE FRONT COVER OTHERWISE VERY FINE COPIES IN GREY CLOTH WITH RED SPINES.
