The Natural History of Dogs Volume 2 by HAMILTON SMITH, CHARLES and JARDINE, SIR WILLIAM - 1840

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Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars, 1840. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy bound in contemporary 1/2 leather over marbled boards. Gilt-blocked leather labels to spine with raised bands. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Previous owner's signature to title page. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 299 pages; ix, 299p. plates (mainly colour with tissue guards); 16.5cm. Series: Naturalist's library. Mammalia ; Vol. X. Includes errata for vol. 1. Spine title: Naturalist's Library - Mammalia - Dogs. ""Memoir of Don Felix d'Azara"": v. 2, p. [17]-76.

EDINBURGH: W H Lizars, S Highley et al, 1840 A good copy of the scarcer second volume of Dogs in the original publisher's cloth binding. This volume covers the domestic breeds of dog (as well as some feral) and has additional plates because some were omitted from Dogs Vol I. With 36 hand coloured plates and 4 plain plates. With volume listing; half title; frontispiece portrait of Don Felix D'Azara; black and white vignette title page with portrait of 'Fury'; 2 further title pages; advertisement; contents listing; note of additional contents to be added to Vol 26 in the series (Bees); errata note for Bees; Memoir; text; errata; note on plates omitted from Vol I; and plates bound at the rear. The plates number to 31 but there is a 15*, 18*, 21*, 22* and 23*. The binding is complete and clean. The spine and board edges are faded with general scuffing to the board cloth. There is pulling to spine ends, with some fraying at the top which extends to spine joints where the cloth is thin. Corners turned with… Read More

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