The Naturalists Library

by Bindings Color Coded Sir William Jardine

$15,000 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1845-46 . 165 x 108 mm. 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 . 40 volumes. Second Edition. QUITE ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY HALF MOROCCO, HANDSOMELY GILT, THE VOLUMES BOUND IN FOUR DIFFERENT COLORS TO REFLECT THE VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM the 14 volumes on birds bound in red with buckram boards, the 13 volumes on mammals in dark green with watered silk

• Binding: Leather

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