Accession number:
PML 88071-75
Published:
London : Printed for John Wallis, no. 16 Ludgate Street, June 12th 1801.
Description:
5 v. : ill. ; 10 cm
Credit:
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes:
Each vol. contains a woodcut frontispiece and 31 woodcut illustrations.
Each volume is bound in a separate color.
Volumes 2, 3, and 4 are dated "Jan:y 4th. 1813."
The title label on the wooden case has the following imprint: "London: Published by John Wallis, No. 16, Ludgate Street, July 5, 1801."
The inner wooden cover has pencil drawings of three cats and the phrase "Catch a Mouse if you can".
Binding:
In original wooden case within red half-morocco, gilt, case by Julia Wightman dated "19 JPW 83".
Variant Title:
Wallis's elegant present of natural history title on wooden case.
Provenance:
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
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