Description: I have here for sale a book entitled THE NATURALIST'S LIBRARY conducted by Sir William Jardine. This volume covers ORNITHOLOGY VOL IV GALLINACEOUS BIRDS, Part II Game Birds. It is a first edition published by W H Lizars, Edinburgh in 1834. There are 30 beautiful colour plates in total, all tissue-guarded, a colour vignette to the title page and a b/w frontispiece portrait of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. The Naturalists Library, which was a set of 40 volumes in total, offered the general public a beautiful and informative encyclopaedia of the natural world. Jardine wrote 15 of the volumes himself and contributed many of the biographical introductions in the series. The work is renowned for the quality of the steel engravings by William Home Lizars, Jardine's brother-in-law.Half dark green leather on grey cloth hardboards. 5 raised bands, black leather title and volume blocks, both with gilt lettering. Boards firm and in mint condition. Bookplate to the front endpaper for Patricia Hall. Pages clean and tightly bound throughout. Condition: fine/mint. 175 pages of text and 30 plates. 17 x 11 cm.We have over 1000 items in our Ebay shop on a wide range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if anything else takes your fancy.Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday.
Price: 89.99 GBP
Location: Whitegate, Cheshire
End Time: 2024-12-29T21:05:16.000Z
Shipping Cost: 18.81 GBP
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Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 30 days
Binding: Fine Binding
Non-Fiction Subject: Natural History
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region: Europe
Author: SIR WILLIAM JARDINE
Publisher: W H LIZARS
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Modified Item: No
Year Printed: 1834
Original/Facsimile: Original
