Cassell's Popular Natural History - 4 Volumes in 2 Bindings
Cassell's Popular Natural History - 4 Volumes in 2 Bindings - Cassell, ca. - Half-green leather over marbled boards - 27 x 19,5 cmBook 1:Volume I. Mammalia - viii, 376 pages + 500 engravings. Colour frontispiece + full-page colour plates, In-text illustrations.Volume II.Mammalia - viii, 376 pages + 300 engravings. Colour frontispiece + full page colourplates. In-text illustrations.Book 2:Volume III. Birds - viii, 408 pages.+ 350 engravings. Full-page colour plates + in-text illustrations.Volume IV. Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, Worms etc - iv, 346 pages + 400 engravings. Colour frontispiece + full-page colour plates. In-text illustrations. Half-leather green binding with raised bands. Decorative panels and gilt lettering on spine. Colour page edges. Foxing throughout.Beautiful colour and sepia plates. Full-page black and white and in-text illustrations.The vibrancy of the plates is still evident after all these years. Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.. Read More