Bigland, John

A NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS, FISHES, REPTILES, AND INSECTS

John Grigg: Philadelphia, 1832. Item #99-7514

8 of 12 colored plates, 7.25 x 4.25", speckled calf, 179pp, covers heavily rubbed, extremities bumped and chipped, front hinge broken (holding on by cords), frontis (color plate) torn, pp 27-35 almost detached, spine ends badly chipped, rear hinge tender, ink name of former owner inside front cover, pp badly foxed and soiled, MISSING PAGES 173-176, MISSING PLATES AT PAGES 90, 131 AND 197, WITH BLUE JAY PLATE AT PAGE 47 MISSING ABOUT 2/3. SWAF.

Price: $100.00