Lightfoot Revd (1 results)
More imagesPublished by 1st. Ed. Pub. for B. White, London. 1777, 1777
- Hardcover
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Add to basketHardcover. Two volume set with printed title-pages, two illustrated title-pages and 35 fine copper engraved plates (9 being fold-out). 8vo. Hardbacks. Some spotting, o/w. contents fine. Marbled fore-edges. Early quarter calf binding with gilt floral decoration in good to vg. condition - externally the hinges show some wear, inte…rnally they are fine. The "only professedly complete work on the plants of Scotland until 1821" (Henrey). The work begins with a section on the fauna of Scotland, a sketch of 'Caledonian Zoology' as Lightfoot called it in his Preface. The author of this part of the work was Thomas Pennant. Five of the fine copper engraved plates are ornithological depicting an Osprey, Hooded Crow, Knot, Sand-piper, Long-legged Plover, Black Headed Gull and Black Gull. The remainder are fine botanical.
