1852 WHALES Dolphins Jardine Naturalist Mammalia Cetacea Porpoises Whaling ART

1852 WHALES Dolphins Jardine Naturalist Mammalia Cetacea Porpoises Whaling ART

A rare edition of volume 26 of ‘Mammalia’ from Sir William Jardine’s ‘Naturalist’s Library’. Jardine supplies 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: #30522

Price: $599

JARDINE, Sir William

The Naturalist’s History VOL XXVI Mammalia, Whales.

Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars; London: G. H. Bohn, 1852.

Details:

• Collation: Complete
  • [12], 18-264
  • 32 plates (28 in color)
    • Includes portrait frontispiece of Lacepede and color title page vignette
  • References: Lowndes 1192
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
    • red cloth
  • Size: ~7in X 4.5in (17.5cm x 11cm)

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