8 VOLUMES FIRST EDITIONS EX UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SMALL QUARTO RECENT BINDING IN BLUE BUCKRAM NEW ENDPAPERS. A VERY NICE SET. EACH VOLUME CONTAINS A BOOKPLATE AND METAL SECURITY STRIP TO THE FRONT PASTEDOWN. ON THE REAR PASTEDOWN THERE IS A TICKET POUCH WITH A LABEL TO THE REAR END PAGE. THE SPINE OF EACH VOLUMES HAS ‘AK 6’ IN GILT. THE CONTENTS ARE CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. THE EIGHT VOLUMES COVER: 1. 1666-89. 2. 1699-1710. 3. 1711-20. 4. 1721-30. 5. 1731-40. 6. 1741-50. 7. 1751-60. 8. 1761-70. A NICE SET OF SCARCE BOOKS.
Author:
DEMOURS M.
Place, Publisher, Date:
PARIS, PAR LA COMAGNIE DES LIBRAIRIES, 1734 - 1774
A VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. SLIGHTLY SOILED END PAGES. THE STORY OF ARCHAEOPTERYX AND THE EVOLUTION OF BIRD FLIGHT. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR ANYONE IN INTERESTED IN BIRDS FLIGHT OR SCIENCE.
1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP. THIS BOOK IS A BRILLIANT PIECE OF SCIENTIFIC DETECTIVE WORK WHICH COMPARES THE EVOLUTION OF FLIGHT IN BIRDS BATS AND PTEROSAURS.
VERY ATTRACTIVELY BOUND IN HALF CALF OVER MARBLED BOARDS. MARBLED END PAGES AND EDGES. GILT DECORATIONS AND RAISED BANDS TO THE SPINE. THE BINDING IS TIGHT AND THE BOOK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. TWO VOLUMES BOUND IN ONE. NEAT INSCRIPTION OF PREVIOUS OWNER.
