1834 CATS Lions Jaguars Tigers Bobcats Illustrated Jardine Naturalist FELINES

1834 CATS Lions Jaguars Tigers Bobcats Illustrated Jardine Naturalist FELINES

Sir William Jardine was a 19^th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, ‘The Naturalist’s Library’.

This edition of Jardine’s ‘Mammalia’ is beautifully color illustrated with 38 engravings of various species of cats! The plates from Jardine’s works are exceedingly desirable and are found framed and displayed by themselves. This volume showcases illustrations and descriptions of big cats! – leopards, lions, tigers, jaguar, caracal, bobcats, and many more!

Item number: #24481

Price: $499

JARDINE, Sir William

The Naturalist’s Library, Mammalia… the felinae

London, Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1834. 1^st edition

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [6], iii, [1], 17-276
  • 38 engraved plates (37 hand colored)
• References: Lowndes 1192
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Sir Joseph Radcliffe Bar^t.
  • Likely Joseph Radcliffe, 2^nd Baronet (1799–1872), an English peer and High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1857.
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; secure
  • Brown cloth
• Size: ~7.25in X 4.75in (18cm x 11.5cm)

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