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London: W.H. Kizars, 1836. Hardcover. Collectible - Good. The Naturalist's Library, Mammalia Vol. V. 12mo in a 19th century binding of 3/4 red leather over marbled paper; raised bands with gilt spine titles; marbled endsheets; engraved frontis portrait of Sloane, with tissue guard; half title with steel engraving; 248pp with 30 plates collated. Most of the plates are hand-tinted. Just a Good copy: leather moderately rubbed, corners rubbed through, spine titles barely legible, a couple of scuffs to the boards, p.o. bookplate, binding tight, interior clean, plates undamaged.

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars; S. Highley; and W. Curry, Jun. & Co, 1836. Brown cloth covered boards. 12mo. 4-11/16" x 7-3/16." Green endpapers. 248 pp. Such a beautiful book! No foxing. It is tight and clean and the lively hand-colored plates are sharp and bright.. Illustrated by Thirty-two plates, with Memoir and portrait of Sir Hans Sloane. An engraved title page and two accompanying title pages.. This, the fifth volume in the original set, is bound with explanatory text accompanying each plate. Some other volumes of this early edition have all plates bound in the back. Later sets changed the numbering of the volumes. The first 92 pp. are devoted to the naturalist, Sir Hans Sloane.

EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1836 1st edition of Volume V of the Jardine's Naturalist's Library which includes elephants, hippos, hogs etc. in original publisher's cloth binding with 30 plates of which 26 are hand coloured. With listing of volumes in the series; half title; engraved frontispiece of Sir Hans Sloane; vignette title page showing Indian Elephants; 2 further title pages; an advertisement, contents listing; Memoir of Sir Hans Sloane; text with engravings and 30 plates of which 26 are hand coloured. The binding has some sunning to the spine and adjoining section of the boards. There is some chipping to the top and bottom of the spine, with a little loss at the bottom. The original green endpapers are present, with a couple of light inscriptions to the top of the fep. The text is clean - some of it is unopened - and there is some brown toning to edges. The plates are clean and well coloured. Plates 19, 20 and 21 have a slight rumple at the top corner.

Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1836. Edges rubbed, spine faded, otherwise a very good copy, text and plates are clean and crisp, bound in decorative period full morocco.. Binding: Contemporary full red morocco boards with alternating blind- and gilt-tool lined borders and gilt edges, spine in five compartments of raised gilt bands, gilt text in two and four, all edges speckled, and with decorative endpapers. , Notes: The first hundred or so pages are dedicated to Sir Hans Sloane, whose immense personal collection of artifacts was bequeathed to Great Britain and became the starting point of the British Museum. This volume presents several impressive hand-coloured plates of various pachydermes, including several plates of rhinoceroses and boars., Size: 12mo, Illustration: Complete with frontispiece portrait of Sir Hans Sloane, engraved title, and 30 plates (26 hand-coloured), 32 in total., Pages: P. half-title, frontis, engraved title, blank, title, printer’s imprint, advertisement xi-xiii, blank,… Read More