first edition Hardcover
1834 · Edinburgh, Scotland
by Jardine, Sir William (1800-1874)
Edinburgh, Scotland: W. H. Lizars, and Stirling and Kenny, 1834. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First thus edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 232 pages of text, followed by 32 + 4 pages of publisher's advertisement. Hardcover cloth binding is heavily worn, with the spine crudely taped, but remaining intact and functional and protective of the contents. Illustrated with a black & white engraving of Aristotle as the frontisportrait, a hand-colored half-title page, and thirty beautiful hand-colored plates. Complete with all plates and tipped-in errata slip tipped in. Ornithology, Birds, Ocellated Turkey; Pavo; Japanese Peacock; Polyplectron; (truncated)