[Rarebooks] FS: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS AND CETACEOUS ANIMALS, 1811, with 120 hand-colored plates

[Charles Agvent]

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS AND CETACEOUS ANIMALS FROM THE WORKS 
OF THE BEST AUTHORS, ANTIENT AND MODERN...
Brightly & Co. Bungay 1811 First Edition Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/4") 
volumes bound in modern half leather with marbled boards and leather 
corners. Illustrated with 120 hand-colored plates of bats, whales, 
monkeys, dogs, and various other mammals. Most images are of single 
animals with several of a pair or three. Even darkening to the text; 
most plates soiled to some extent but still quite attractive. Very Good 
in pleasant, Fine bindings.           $1500.00
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