1774. Good condition with no wrapper. A Description of Three Hundred Animals viz. Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Serpents and Insects With a Particular Account of The Manner of Their Catching of Whales in Greenland. Extracted from the Best Authors and Adapted to the Use of All Capacities. Illustrated with Copper-Plates, Whereon is Curiously Engraven Every Beast, Bird, Fish, Serpent and Insect Described in the Whole Book. The Eleventh Edition Carefully Corrected and Amended. Small format. 7 x 4". Full brown leather binding. B/w frontis. Title page in red and black. 212 pages. Numerous b/w illustrations including one large folding plate. Contents very good. Front board almost detached. Boards very worn. A fascinating early natural history book. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!. Seller Inventory # 597353

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Title: A DESCRIPTION OF THREE HUNDRED ANIMALS

Publisher: J. And F. Rivington

Publication Date: 1774

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Established in 1991, we are a family-run business consisting of two shops: Stella Books at Monmouth Road, Tintern, Monmouthshire, NP16 6SE, UK, www.stellabooks.com

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Stella Books, Monmouth Road, Tintern, MON, NP16 6SE, United Kingdom

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