FIRST EDITION BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS ELABORATE GILT DECORATION TO THE SPINE. T.E.G. WITH 43 ILLUSTRATIONS BY PHIZ AND SYMOUR (WITH THE 2 BUSS PLATES). SOME RUBBING TO THE LEATHER FOXING TO THE PRELIMS. AND THE USUAL DARKENING TO THE EDGES OF THE PLATES. TIGHTLY BOUND. OVERALL VERY GOOD.
TWO VOLUMES BOUND IN ONE. FOLIO SIZED. ATTRACTIVELY BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER GREEN BOARDS BY H JOHNSON OF BEVERLEY IN YORKSHIRE. VOLUME 1 CONTAINS MAMMALIA AND BIRDS. VOLUME 2 CONCERNS BIRDS REPTILES MOLLUSCA AND INSECTS. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED TWO COLOUR PLATES AND HUNDREDS OF WOODCUTS. SOME SPORADIC FOXING THROUGHOUT. THE BINDING IS VERY TIGHT. A VERY ATTRACTIVE ITEM.
