A General History of Quadrupeds
by Thomas Bewick
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Looe, Cornwall, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: G. G. & J. Robinson,, J. Mawman, F. & C. Rivington, 1800. Olive leather spine and corners with gilt edging. Five raised bands and red leather title label. Marbled boards and marbled closed page edges. Contents exceptionally clean with no inscriptions. Pictorial title page and 525 pages with many illustrations. Errata page. All clean and bright. Can send photograph.. Fourth Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by The Author. 5" x 8". Hardback.
Synopsis
"Facsimile edition of volume 3 of the 1885 Memorial Edition of the works of Thomas Bewick"--T.p. verso.
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- Bookseller
- Bosco Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 050942
- Title
- A General History of Quadrupeds
- Author
- Thomas Bewick
- Illustrator
- The Author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- G. G. & J. Robinson,, J. Mawman, F. & C. Rivington
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1800
- Size
- 5" x 8"
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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Bosco Books
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Looe, Cornwall, Aberdeen
About Bosco Books
Bookshop in converted Chapel in Cornish fishing port. We also stock old maps, prints and original paintings by local artists.
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