The natural history of the cranes

by Edward Blyth

$250 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

London: Horace Cox, 1881. 4to. vi, 91, 1 pp., including half-title with publisher’s advertisements on the verso . FIRST EDITION. With tinted lithographed frontispiece, 6 plates 1 hand-colored, 1 wood-engraved and double-page . Red cloth, title in gilt on spine; interior excellent. Item #16379 First edition, originally written by Blyth and enlarged by W.B.Tegetmeier. A large

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