Donovan (Edward). The Naturalist's Repository or Miscellany of Exotic Natural History: consisting of seventy-two elegantly coloured plates, with appropriate scientific and general descriptions of the most curious, scarce and beautiful quadrupeds, birds, fishes, insects, shells, marine productions, and other interesting objects of natural history, the progenies of foreign climates, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: printed for the author, and W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, [1823-27], 180 fine hand-coloured engraved plates, each with tissue guard (some spotting and occasional off-setting to tissue guards), top edge gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, attractive contemporary gilt-decorated green half morocco over marbled boards, some light marks, generally in very good condition, large 8vo (Quantity: 2) Ayer/Zimmer 176; Fine Bird Books, p.72; Nissen IVB 259.
Donovan (Edward). The Naturalist's Repository or Miscellany of Exotic Natural History: consisting of seventy-two elegantly coloured plates, with appropriate scientific and general descriptions of the most curious, scarce and beautiful quadrupeds, birds, fishes, insects, shells, marine productions, and other interesting objects of natural history, the progenies of foreign climates, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: printed for the author, and W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, [1823-27], 180 fine hand-coloured engraved plates, each with tissue guard (some spotting and occasional off-setting to tissue guards), top edge gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, attractive contemporary gilt-decorated green half morocco over marbled boards, some light marks, generally in very good condition, large 8vo (Quantity: 2) Ayer/Zimmer 176; Fine Bird Books, p.72; Nissen IVB 259.
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