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THE NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. MAMMALIA VOL. VIII. AMPHIBIOUS CARNIVORA Including the Walrus and Seals Also of the Herbivorous Cetacea, &c.

THE NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. MAMMALIA VOL. VIII. AMPHIBIOUS CARNIVORA Including the Walrus and Seals Also of the Herbivorous Cetacea, &c.

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THE NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. MAMMALIA VOL. VIII. AMPHIBIOUS CARNIVORA Including the Walrus and Seals Also of the Herbivorous Cetacea, &c.

by Jardine, Sir William [Hamilton, Robert]

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Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1839. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo (11 x 17.0cm). Vol. VIII of the Mammalia frontispiece (Peron), vignette title page, and 30 plates of which 27 are hand-coloured and bound into the back. Binding very good with some fading tot he spine. Contents clean and tight, origianl green endpapers, plates clean, no inscriptions, private bookplate to the front pastedown belonging to John Spedding, along with a private plate from the library of Leonard Cowcill. A very good to near fine copy..

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Title
THE NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. MAMMALIA VOL. VIII. AMPHIBIOUS CARNIVORA Including the Walrus and Seals Also of the Herbivorous Cetacea, &c.
Author
Jardine, Sir William [Hamilton, Robert]
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
W. H. Lizars
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Date Published
1839
Size
12mo (11 x 17.0cm)
Bookseller catalogs
Natural History - General; Illustrated; Mammals;

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12mo
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