Wild Life of the World: A Descriptive Survey of the Geographical Distribution of Animals

The first edition of three comprehensive volumes on an ambitious work animal distribution with beautiful colour plates, written by a renowned biogeographer. The first edition of Wild Life of the World: A Descriptive Survey of the Geographical Distribution of Animals, the complete three volume set, written by renowned British naturalist and biogeographer Richard Lydekker. Posthumously published in 1916, a year following his death. In the publisher's original red cloth. A fascinating and comprehensive exploration of all kinds of animals, particularly through a lens of biogeography, how ecosystems have transformed over geological epochs. The colour plates add a charm to the insight provided by Lydekker. Volume I: Centering on animals from Europe. Contains a colour frontispiece, and all other thirty-nine plates. Collated complete. Volume II: Centering on animals from Asia, the Northern Seas, and America. Contains a colour frontispiece, and all other thirty-nine plates. Collated complete. Volume III: Centering on animals from Africa, Australia and Polynesia, Southern and Eastern Oceans. Contains a colour frontispiece, and all other forty plates. Collated complete. In the publisher's original red cloth. Externally, mostly smart, with the odd faint mark, mostly fading patches and grazes. Rubbing to the joints and edges, with bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Slight offsetting and spotting to end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with slight offsetting and spotting to first couple and final leaves. Very Good. …