Title: A General History of Quadrupeds Author: Bewick, Thomas Place: Newcastle Upon Tyne Publisher: T. Bewick and S. Hodgson Date: 1807 Description: x, 525, [1] pp. Woodcut engravings throughout by Thomas Bewick (8vo) 21x12.5 cm (8¼x5") later half calf and marbled boards, leather spine label. Fifth Edition. Nicely illustrated compendium of all quadrupeds known at the time, from the domestic cat to the duck-billed platypus, listed as "an amphibious animal". By the author of A History of British Birds. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear, endpapers replaced; foxing; very good. Item number: 270684
Title: A General History of Quadrupeds Author: Bewick, Thomas Place: Newcastle Upon Tyne Publisher: T. Bewick and S. Hodgson Date: 1807 Description: x, 525, [1] pp. Woodcut engravings throughout by Thomas Bewick (8vo) 21x12.5 cm (8¼x5") later half calf and marbled boards, leather spine label. Fifth Edition. Nicely illustrated compendium of all quadrupeds known at the time, from the domestic cat to the duck-billed platypus, listed as "an amphibious animal". By the author of A History of British Birds. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear, endpapers replaced; foxing; very good. Item number: 270684
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