A History of Quadrupeds, Adapted to the Capacity of the Youth.

Name: A History of Quadrupeds, Adapted to the Capacity of the Youth.
Author: Mrs Mary Trimmer, T. Buick (Original Author)

Book Description

First Edition. 12mo, viii, 5-201, advertisement to verso, printed by J. G. Bernard, Clerkenwell. Hardback, contemporary half calf on marbled boards, gilt spine, frontispiece present; minor water damage to frontispiece and title page (contents clean), a binder’s label reading “Bound by R. Robinson Doncaster” to front paste down.

Dealer Notes

Overall, in good condition. An adaptation of Buick’s Quadrupeds for children with his woodcuts to text and descriptions of the Kangaroo, Rat of New South Wales, the Musk Rat of Canada, the Barbary Ape, and the Nyl-ghau. Unusual in its first edition and in a contemporary provincial binding.

Author Mrs Mary Trimmer, T. Buick (Original Author)

Date 1803

Binding Hardcover

Publisher London: Tegg and Castleman

Condition Good

Price: £150.00

Offered by Celsus Books

Contact Dealer Email to Friend Print