1837 WHALES Dolphins 1ed Jardine Naturalist Library Mammalia Cetacea Porpoises

1837 WHALES Dolphins 1^ed Jardine Naturalist Library Mammalia Cetacea Porpoises

A significantly rare first edition of volume six of ‘Mammalia’ from Sir William Jardine’s ‘Naturalist’s Library’ entitled, ‘The Natural History of the Ordinary Cetacea or Whales.’ Within Jardine provides a fascinating early 19^th-century survey on aquatic wildlife. This scientific treatise provides 32 beautifully hand-colored engraved plates depicting a variety of whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Also included is a portrait and memoir of French naturalist, Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède.

Item number: #40643

Price: $750

JARDINE, Sir William

The Natural History of the Ordinary Cetacea or Whales.

Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars; London: S. Highley; Dublin: W. Curry, Jun. and Co., 1837. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete
  • xv, [2], 18-264, [1], 24, 12
  • 32 plates (29 in color)
    • Includes portrait frontispiece of Lacepede
  • Numerous woodcuts
• References: Lowndes 1192
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
  • Brown cloth
• Size: ~7.25in X 4.75in (18cm x 11.5cm)

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