Accession number
PML 142467-68
Creator
Mudie, Robert, 1777-1842.
Published
London : Whittaker & Co. ..., 1835.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"London: Gilbert & Rivington, printers, St. John's Square."--Colophon, v. 1.
Illustrated with 19 plates and 11 wood engraved textual illustrations, with the plates hand-colored as issued.
The 2 wood engraved t.p. vignettes were printed in color by G. Baxter.--Cf. preface, p. xii-xiii.
Plates are accompanied by guard sheets.
The plate in v. 2 facing p. 5 showing the blue tit, yellow bunting, grossbill, and woodlark is not included in the list of illustrations.
Vol. 1: xxiv, [2], 379, [4] p., [9] leaves of plates; v. 2: 391, [4] p., [10] leaves of plates.
With [4] p. of publisher's advertisements at the end of each volume.
Illustrated with 19 plates and 11 wood engraved textual illustrations, with the plates hand-colored as issued.
The 2 wood engraved t.p. vignettes were printed in color by G. Baxter.--Cf. preface, p. xii-xiii.
Plates are accompanied by guard sheets.
The plate in v. 2 facing p. 5 showing the blue tit, yellow bunting, grossbill, and woodlark is not included in the list of illustrations.
Vol. 1: xxiv, [2], 379, [4] p., [9] leaves of plates; v. 2: 391, [4] p., [10] leaves of plates.
With [4] p. of publisher's advertisements at the end of each volume.
Description
2 v. : col. ill. ; 21 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Library's copy has an inscription on the 2nd front flyleaf of v. 1 recording various notable instances of intelligence displayed by animals, including rats, a cat, and a pig.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind.
Classification
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