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Calf. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. First. Plates; 8VO; 500 pages; . .methodumque suam piscium natura magis convenientum. Two volumes in one. Avium and Piscium. Separate title pages. Contemporary calf. Spine laid down on later back; raised bands; original red morocco label in 2nd panel. Panels blank with engraved plates. Collation. Folding plates soiled, stained and browned. Advertisements 8for books published by W Innysat end of Volume 2. Main title soiled and and stained, Provenance Bookplate of SW Dillon former director of Smithsonian Institution of Washington. A significant work by Ray on birds and fishes, which includes new information which was not in Willoughby's works as well as much material from other authors. {Keynes p 140.} Publ. "This classic treatise competes with the synopsis Quadrupedum et Serpentini . The authors contribution to Verbrate Zoology. Overall appearance is VG or better. …