Author: [Rennie, J.]
Title: The Menageries. Quadrupeds described and drawn from living subjects. Vol. II: The Elephant (The Library of Entertaining Knowledge)
Description: Charles Knight 1831 viii, 396, 83 wood engravings. . PB. 12mo, orig. cloth, blind-stamped decorative borders to both boards, gt dec. to spine; rear board partly faded, otherwise in very nice condition. A little foxing to prelims. Contemporary ink ownership stamp to endpaper. Very good.. Published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. First edition. Vol. II only - the 'Elephant' volume. A further two volumes on Menageries were published in 1829 and 1840, but this volume is complete in itself. Freeman 2129.

Keywords: Elephants; Mammals; Menageries; Zoos


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