Jardine, William, Sir (1800-74)

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Jardine, William, Sir (1800-74),The Naturalist's Library, Edinburgh, 1833-43, forty volumes, with hand-colored plates, three quarter calf, 8vo; sold together with Wilson, Alexander and Bonaparte, C.L., American Ornithology, Edinburgh, 1831, in four volumes, 8vo, uniformly bound with the Jardine set),(some weak and/or cracked hinges, lightly bumped, chipped, four with header losses (two of these with restorations),losses to spine lables, two spines detaching, minor toning, Entomology: Volume I with later gilt printed spine label incorrected marked as Mammalia),(44 volumes total). Zimmer, p. 326; Wood, p. 405.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

Not collated. Pencil notation to flyleaf of Vol. I of Mammalia states "nearly 800 plates".
Vol. XII of Mammalia, and Vol. XII of Ornithology with the detaching spines.

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