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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 22.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. [xii], 642 pages. Frontispiece portrait as well as color map opposite page 401. Green cloth. Some rubbing to the edges and corners of the cloth. Previous owner's bookplate and booksellers stamp inside front cover. 3 cm diameter dark stain to front cover. Scrase work.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. With a Preface by Frances M. More. xii, 642 pp. On the death of More his friend and fellow naturalist Richard M Barrington wrote in the 'Irish Naturalist', May 1895 - Nobody can hope to fill his place; no one is equally familiar with birds, mammals, fishes, reptiles, flowering plants and ferns, a versatility which was happily combined with a sound judgement, great tact, and a suavity and gentleness of manner peculiarly attractive". More was Keeper of the Natural History Museum, Dublin from 1881 and one of Ireland's greatest naturalists. Frontispiece - portrait of More. Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Overall condition Near Fine. …