A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, with an Introductory View of the Animal Kingdom by Baron Cuvier; Copious Notes of Discoveries in Natural History; and a Life of the Author by Washington Irvine.

A Fullarton & Co. no date circa 1850 two volume small quarto complete set. Leather over green cloth plain uniform bindings. Very slight chips to top of one backstrip. Bindings solid, tight and square. Marbled page-blocks. Each volume has title page and additional hand coloured title page. Volume I: Portrait frontis, hand-coloured title, lvi, pp536, a further 32 fine hand-coloured plates. Volume II: Hand-coloured frontis (plate XXXVII), hand-coloured title page, pp541 plus an additional 39 fine hand-coloured plates, giving a total of 72 hand-coloured plates, two hand-coloured title pages and portrait frontis, all as called for. Collated and complete. Both volumes show fox patches throughout-more so to volume I and more so to first and last few pages. This is often the case with Fullarton editions. No ownership markings. Bindings are secure with firm boards and no strains. A good+ set. Please note very heavy item-3.5kg packed. UK postage around £9.50. Overseas please email for quote but note this will be significantly more than default 500 gram quote for your country. EU buyers please be aware that import duty will be payable on delivery-please consider this before purchase.…