Accession number
PML 142777
Published
London : Sampson Low, Son, and Co., 1859.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Comprises 2 parts formerly issued as 2 v., here issued as 1 v. under a collective t.p. dated 1859; both parts retain earlier t.p.'s dated 1858, with the former title "A picture book of natural history for young people."
Illustrated with wood engravings, some signed by engravers T. Williams, G. Meason, J. Quartley, and others, after H. Weir, W.H. Freeman, and others.
"London: Printed by Pettie and Gilpin, La Belle Sauvage Yard, E.C."--Colophon.
Illustrated with wood engravings, some signed by engravers T. Williams, G. Meason, J. Quartley, and others, after H. Weir, W.H. Freeman, and others.
"London: Printed by Pettie and Gilpin, La Belle Sauvage Yard, E.C."--Colophon.
Description
80, 80 p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 27 cm
Provenance
Gift inscription to Mary O'Rourke, dated Sept. 3rd, 1859 and signature of Forrest Reid on front flyleaf; from the libraries of J.N. Hart and Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Publisher's blue cloth blocked in gold and blind, signed "WHR" (i.e.William Harry Rogers) on upper board.
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