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New Illustrations of Zoology, containing Fifty Coloured Plates of new, curious, and non-descript birds, with a few quadrupeds, reptiles and insects. Together with a short and scientific description of the same.
by Peter Brown
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/N
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for B White , 1776 A fair copy complete with 50 hand coloured plates in contemporary binding which has been rebacked preserving the original spine. Classed as 'fair' because text leaf 109/110 is in facsimile; there are some paper repairs; and the colouring is not as detailed and careful as it could be. The binding has a relaid decorative spine with 5 raised bands and gilt compartments - the title is in the second compartment. Boards are marbled. There is scuffing and wear at the board edges, surfaces and corners. All page edges gilted. New endpapers. Contents are complete with text in french and english on alternate pages, and 50 hand coloured plates. Text 134 pp with 2 pp of index. Contents are generally clean with the odd mark or spot. There is long stain in the gutter of p 69 where an old sticky tape repair has been removed and the original tear professionally repaired. The stain is also lightly visible on the following 2 text pages. Plate 2 has professional repair in the gutter; Plate 36 has a professional repair and has a very small tear at the bottom edge. There is a small nick from the top page edge of Plate 23 and a small edge tear at the top of p 95. There is a small mark at the foredge from pp 110 to 129. Peter Brown was primarily an illustrator and the specimens were taken from the collections of Marmaduke Tunstall; Mr's Lee, Yeats and Moon; the British Museum and the Royal Society. Some plates were copied from drawings by Gideon Leon. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images.
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- Bookseller
- E C Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032975
- Title
- New Illustrations of Zoology, containing Fifty Coloured Plates of new, curious, and non-descript birds, with a few quadrupeds, reptiles and insects. Together with a short and scientific description of the same.
- Author
- Peter Brown
- Illustrator
- Peter Brown
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for B White
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1776
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- peter brown new illustrations of zoology; eighteenth century natural history; eighteenth century colour plate natural history
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATURAL HISTORY; birds; Entomology/Insects;
- Size
- 4to - over 9� - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
E C Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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- Rebacked
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- Fair
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- Gutter
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