The Instructive Picture Book, or a Few Attractive Lessons from the Natural History of Animals

Adam White

Published by Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh, 1860

About this Item

The fourth edition of this colour illustrated natural history for younger readers by Scottish zoologist, Adam White, filled with vividly coloured animal studies and engaging introductions to the wider natural world. In a contemporary half roan binding with marbled paper boards. Fourth edition. Illustrated with an extra colour pictorial title and twenty-nine double page coloured plates by J. B., J. Stewart, and others. Plates xii, xv, and xxi, misbound, with the other half of the double page plates bound in elsewhere. Collated, complete. A lively and accessible introduction to zoology for younger readers, combining descriptions of mammals, birds, reptiles, and marine creatures with vivid natural history scenes. Adam White (1817-1878) was a Scottish zoologist, Fellow of the Linnean Society, and entomologist who worked in the Zoological Department of the British Museum, where he specialised in insects and crustacea. In a contemporary half roan binding with marbled paper boards.Rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in slight loss to road. Rubbing to boards with loss to paper. Slight cracking to extremities of joints with slight lifting to backstrip at head of spine. Slight loss to tail of spine. Creasing to spine. Slight splaying to boards. Previous owner"s bookplate and ink inscription to the front pastedown, partially obscured by remnants of paper formerly laid down over the bookplate and now removed. Creasing to endpapers with the odd small tear and chip to gutters and fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd light spot. The odd closed tear and chip to margins of plates, not affecting the images. Slight loss to plates xx and xxix, only slightly affecting the image. Plates XII, XV, and XXI misbound, with the remaining halves of the double-page plates bound elsewhere. Tape repairs to verso of plates i, xiii, xxii, xxiv, and xxix. Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Instructive Picture Book, or a Few Attractive Lessons from the Natural History of Animals
• Publisher: Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 1860
• Binding: Leather
• Illustrator: J. B, J. Stewart, and Others
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: book