The Popular Edition.5th edition of 1886 in four vols. according to preface. All neatly bound in dark green leather with 5 raised bands and much gilt decoration. Hardly any wear at all, a little lifting of the title label edge to vol. IV, and a very faint fade to the top of volume III. All bear a large gold crest to centre front marked Marlborough College . Marbled endpapers and marbled page edges. the first vol. has handwritten inscription to 1st blank page (a Latin prize presentation dated 1891.) Many b&w illustrations. Lightly and humorously didactic. Seller Inventory # 005317

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Title: Curiosities of Natural History Series I, II,...

Publisher: Richard Bentley and Son, London

Publication Date: 1886

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Edition: 5th or later Edition

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