[Rarebooks] FS: Shaw's GENERAL ZOOLOGY, 1800-1826, with 1, 048 plates, in attractive bindings

[Charles Agvent]

SHAW,  George.  GENERAL  ZOOLOGY OR  SYSTEMATIC  NATURAL  HISTORY.
London:  G.  Kearsley/Thomas Davison 1800-1826. Twelve  (of  fourteen)
volumes  bound  in  eighteen volumes comprising twenty-two  parts  and
including  index, bound in recent 3/4 polished calf and marbled boards
with    blind   rules,  gilt-lettered   and  decorated   spines,   and
gilt-lettered  brown  morocco spine labels. Illustrated with  engraved
title  pages  and  1048 plates. Includes 233 plates of mammals  in  14
parts  in 4 volumes; 140 plates of amphibians in 2 parts in 2 volumes;
190  plates of fish in 4 parts in 4 volumes; 139 plates of insects  in
2  parts  in  2  volumes; and 346 plates of birds  in  10  parts  in 5
volumes.  Minor foxing to the plates with many tissue guards still  in
place,  text  generally  clean.  Bindings are Fine. Near  Fine  in  an
attractive binding.                                           $5000.00

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