The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated; Birds
by BENNETT, E. T.;
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London, Thomas Tegg and Son, 1830-1831, . . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, small bookseller's label on endpaper, initials of previous owner on endpaper, covers bit faded, light internal hinge crack, minor foxing on few margins, very good, interior is clean and unmarked. . 8vo [23 x 14.5 cm]; 2 volumes, xii, 308; viii, 328 pp, title page in each volume with engraved vignettes, numerous attractive engravings throughout, index and half title page in each volume. . Bennet was a founder of the Zoological Society. The illustrations and vignettes are by and after various artists including Thomas Bewick and Edward Lear. It contains Lear's first published illustration (page 125 has his illustration signed with his initials). Noakes 208. Lear went on to become one of the more famous bird painters, landscape painter and a writer of nonsense verses. His paintings illustrate many of John Gould's famous bird books, although Lear received little credit at the time. Wood 231. Freeman 277. Nissen 314. Volume I is on mammals, volume II on birds. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J12426
- Title
- The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated; Birds
- Author
- BENNETT, E. T.;
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, small bookseller's label on endpaper, initials of previous owner on endpaper, co
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Thomas Tegg and Son, 1830-1831, .
- Size
- 8vo [23 x 14.5 cm]; 2 volumes, x
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature - General;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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