Author: Griffith, Edward, Smith, C. Hamilton and Pidgeon, Edward
Title: The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed: The Class Mammalia, Volume 3 only.
Description: London: Geo. Whittaker, 1827. Pp. (6), 468, 59 hand-colored plates, 6 monochrome plates. Original black one-half leather, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in two panels and with elaborate gilt-decorations in the other four panels, over French marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, lg 8vo. This work covers the following orders: Carnassier (Carnivora), Rodentia, Edentata, and Pachydermata. No ownership marks. Some mild offsetting from a few color plates to the facing page of text; a bright and clean copy in very good condition..

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