[Rarebooks] FS: Church's CABINET OF QUADRUPEDS, 1805, with 84 Engravings
Charles Agvent
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Fri May 10 16:30:38 EDT 2019
CHURCH, John. A CABINET OF QUADRUPEDS WITH HISTORICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
DESCRIPTIONS. London: Darton & Harvey, 1805. First Edition. Two small
folio (10" x 12-3/4") volumes bound in contemporary polished calf
leather with blind and gilt rules on the covers, front covers with the
gilt decorative ownership stamp of John Henry Gurney, neatly rebacked
with gilt-lettered and decorated spines; marbled endpapers. Illustrated
with 84 full-page "Highly-Finished Engravings" by James Tookey from
drawings by Juius Ibbetson. Both volumes with Gurney family bookplates
to the front pastedowns. Engraved title pages and a few plates spotted,
old dampstaining at the upper margins of a few plates in the second
volume not affecting the images themselves, otherwise only light foxing.
Near Fine in a handsome binding. (#019210) $1,500.00
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