FIRST EDITION TWO VOLUMES. VOLUMES 7 AND 8 OF JARDINE’S NATURAL HISTORY. WITH A TOTAL OF 64 HAND-COLOURED PLATES NUMEROUS WOODCUTS. FRONTIS. OF BRUCE WITH A MEMOIR. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS T.E.G. MINOR WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINES. FIRMLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN. A HANDSOME COPY. UNCOMMON.
FIRST EDITION. QUARTO. BOUND IN ORIGINAL FULL LEATHER BOARDS (WORN) WITH ATTRACTIVE NEW LEATHER SPINE GILT TITLES RAISED BANDS NEW ENDPAPERS. PREFACE (xxii) 362 PAGES PLUS FIVE PLATES (FOUR FOLDING ) REPRESENTING THE CRYSTALS OF THE SALTS OF THIRTY FOUR OF THOSE WATERS. SLIGHT WEAKNESS TO THE FRONT HINGE BUT A VERY GOOD COPY OF A SCARCE WORK.
FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAP. PAINTINGS BY ALAN HARRIS. DRAWINGS BY CLAIRE APPLEBY JOANNA FOLEY MARK HANSON AND RICHARD HULL PHOTOGRAPHY BY OTHERS. FOREWORD BY THE RT. HON. LORD BUXTON.LIMITED EDITION OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 62.
