A DESCRIPTION OF THREE HUNDRED ANIMALS

Boreman, Thomas

Published by J. And F. Rivington, 1774

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1774. Good condition with no wrapper. A Description of Three Hundred Animals viz. Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Serpents and Insects With a Particular Account of The Manner of Their Catching of Whales in Greenland. Extracted from the Best Authors and Adapted to the Use of All Capacities. Illustrated with Copper-Plates, Whereon is Curiously Engraven Every Beast, Bird, Fish, Serpent and Insect Described in the Whole Book. The Eleventh Edition Carefully Corrected and Amended. Small format. 7 x 4". Full brown leather binding. B/w frontis. Title page in red and black. 212 pages. Numerous b/w illustrations including one large folding plate. Contents are generally very good. Front board almost detached. Boards very worn with loss at top and tail of spine and surface loss to covers. Contemporary name and date in ink to front pastedown, and in pencil to front endpaper. Slight loss to edge of front endpaper. Folding plate torn with no loss. A fascinating early natural history book in good condition for its age. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched.…

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Title
A DESCRIPTION OF THREE HUNDRED ANIMALS
Author
Boreman, Thomas
Publisher
J. And F. Rivington
Publication year
1774
Condition
Good
Dust jacket
No Jacket
Binding
Hardback

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Established in 1991, we are a family-run business consisting of two shops: Stella Books at Monmouth Road, Tintern, Monmouthshire, NP16 6SE, UK, www.stellabooks.com

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