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Title: The Children&Apos;S Natural History Scrap Album. Embracing Faithful Illustrations of the Animal World in Its Most Prominent Species
Description: London, O. Newmann and Co. [1887]. Cloth. A scarce children's scrapbook with plates illustrative of the animal world. A very scarce scrap book for children, illustrative of the animal world. Dated from Copac. Featuring ninety-one leaves of plates each with numerous embossed illustrations tipped in and descriptive text. Lacking all twelve illustrations to plate 27; 34; 43; 51-61a; 68; 77; eight of twelve illustrations to plate 33;'The Monaul' to plate 37 loose but present; all twelve illustrations to plate 64 loose but present; five of twelve illustrations to plate 75 loose but present; eight of twelve to plate 90 loose but present; ten of twelve to plate 76 loose but present; eleven of twelve to plate 68 loose but present. Each section has its own index and table of contents. Containing sections on mammals, birds, reptile, fish, and more. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with shelf wear, boards and spine lightly bumped to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting scattered to occasional leaf. Illustrated with numerous embossed illustrations tipped in, many of which loose but present. Lacking a few. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: scarce books natural history children's natural history Not Stated


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