AN NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS. Containing Descriptions of the Birds, Beasts, Fishes, and Insects, of the Several Parts of the World. etc
HILL, JOHN
Published by London. Thomas Osborne. 1752, 1752
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Folio 13 1/2 x 9 inches- handsomely bound in full period calf with three leather labels (2 blue and one red) - one unusually letter thus 'CURIOUSLY COLOURED'. Half title, title, (iv), 584, (iv) pages and illustrated with 28 fine period hand coloured plates - each with multiple images. Two text leaves and one plate torn without any loss, final leaf creased, some repairs to the hinge but generally a very much nicer than average copy. The lettering to the spine is a scarce addition. First edition - An History of Animals is the the third and final book Hill published under the series title A General Natural History: the first volume (1748) concerns fossils, and the second (1751), plants. 'As they were printed, published and often bound uniformly the three volumes are sometimes considered to comprise one work; Hill himself, however, makes it perfectly clear that EACH VOLUME IS IN ITSELF COMPLETE without the others' (Bibliography- Lisney). Sir John Hill (c.1714 1775) was an English composer, actor, author and botanist. Seller Inventory # 7050
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Title: AN NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS. Containing ...
Publisher: London. Thomas Osborne. 1752
Publication Date: 1752
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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New, Complete, and Universal Body, or System of NATURAL HISTORY; Being a Grand, Accurate, and Extensive DISPLAY OF ANIMATED NATURE Containing accurate descriptions and faithful histories of all the several classes of animals, which inhabit the Air, the Earth, and the Water, in the several parts of the world. Including an authentic account of all the infinite variety of beasts, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, and amphibious creatures, such as frogs, lizards, serpents, etc. And other animals, too numerous to mention in a title page.
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Printed for Alex. Hogg (Alexander Hogg), London, 1785
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Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
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Leather. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. 1st edition. A Very Good copy. Folio, 618, (ii), illustrated with 85 copper engraved plates (including the frontispiece). Rebound in mid-20th century quarter leather and cloth over boards. Some uneven sunning to the leather spine. Some minor age-toning to the pages, with some offsetting from the plates to the pages opposite. One plate with a small tear to the margin, with small loss; page 77 with a missing corner effecting 6 lines of text. An attractive binding, with an appropriate style of binding for this period. Published in 60 parts. Frontispiece (dated Oct. 29, 1785) and illustrations by various engravers. Not all of the plates are numbered, and they are not in consecutive order, as mentioned in the directions to the binders. Page 618 lists 60 numbered plates and 25 unnumbered ones. Signatures: [A] B-7R . Printed in double columns. Publisher's monogram on title page. "Directions to the book-binder": page 618; ."List of the subscribers": pages [619]-[620]. Wonderfully illustrated plates, of not only animals and plants, but of Human anatomy and even samples of Human emotion. Page 421 mentions the presence of insects in amber. Seller Inventory # 25575
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