Animate Creation Popular Edition of Our Living World, A Natural History
New York: Selmar Hess, 1885. Binding: contemporary ½ morocco with cloth boards. Spine with 5 compartments of raised bands, gilt lettering on two and four. All edges speckled, marbled paste down and free end papers. Ex-libris on paste down endpaper., Size: large 4to, Illustration: 30 mounted chromolithographed plates of different animals, numerous full page and intext woodcut illustrations., Volume: 3, Pages: Volume 1. P. title, printer’s imprint, iii-xii, 1-640, index (4); Volume 2. P. title, printer’s imprint, iii-x, 1-632, index (6); Volume 3. P. title, printer’s imprint, iii-x, 1-598, index (6)., Category: ; Book Plate Books Colour; Book Natural History. An excellent set. Item #B2218
Binding: contemporary ½ morocco with cloth boards. Spine with 5 compartments of raised bands, gilt lettering on two and four. All edges speckled, marbled paste down and free end papers. Ex-libris on paste down endpaper., Size: large 4to, Illustration: 30 mounted chromolithographed plates of different animals, numerous full page and intext woodcut illustrations., Volume: 3, Pages: Volume 1. P. title, printer’s imprint, iii-xii, 1-640, index (4); Volume 2. P. title, printer’s imprint, iii-x, 1-632, index (6); Volume 3. P. title, printer’s imprint, iii-x, 1-598, index (6)., Category: ; Book Plate Books Colour; Book Natural History.
Price: $875.00