Description
Written by Prideaux Selby and edited by Sir William Jardine – this is the 9th volume belonging to the Naturalists Library Ornithology book series – this book is entirely on PIGEONS.
Contains 228 pages with 30 hand-coloured plates, 1 hand coloured title page, 1 Black & White portrait of Flint; plates engraved and coloured after drawings by the famous Edward Lear.
Published by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh in circa 1836; contained in RED Leather binding, spine has black and white leather with gold Gilt lettering “Jardines Naturalists Library Pigeons 9” and decorative effects. The spine and boards are in excellent condition with straight, no bumps, nicks, or scratches. Volume is in excellent condition, marbled paper on pastedown/end papers. A nice clean copy without previous owners’ names or other markings. The Paper is a bit discolored due to the age of this book
Truly a collector’s edition would be an asset to every book collector!
Product details:
- Condition: Used – Very Good Condition. Red Leather bound both boards are straight. Spine has red and black leather with Gilt lettering no nicks or chips, pastedown has brown speck marbling
- Hardcover: 228 pages
- Publisher: W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh (circa 1836)
- Language: English
- Illustrations: 30 hand-colour plates and hand illustrations
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- Product Dimensions: 18 x 12 x 1.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 375 g
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