A New, Complete, and Universal Body, Or of Natural History Display of Animated Nature

A folio volume bound in full calfskin which is quite rubbed at the extremities with some losses especially at the spine ends. The book is from around 1785. The text is fairly clean without foxing, with some staining (probably water damage) to a section of the text. With 620 pages, including 84 full-page copper engraved black and white plates. This volume is divided into 6 books/sections. Book l: Quadrupeds, 104 pages, 10 plates. Book 2: Birds, 97 pages, 12 plates. Book 3: Fishes, 52 pages, 14 plates. Book 4: Reptiles and Insects, 51 pages, 8 plates. Book 5:(2 sections) 1. Vegetables and Waters; 2. Earth, Fossils and Minerals, 180 pages, 2 plates. Book 6: Theory of Earth, 150 pages, 38 plates. Most of the text and plates are not stained, but a section is.