Jardine's Naturalist's Library Volume 13 Introduction to Mammalia

By Lieut. Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith

W.H.Lizars 1842 1st edition Edinburgh

Original cloth binding showing some wear and marks - original colour being purple, but like most volumes the fugitive nature of the ink has dulled it to the familiar brown colour of today

31 hand coloured plates, engraved vignette and portrait complete

The pages are unopened - a poor attempt was made to open 1 gather resulting in a tear to the margin of page 211 - please see image

The rear board has at some time been pulled, and repaired - making the book a bit too tight. Note the spine is also creased with minor loss to the top and bottom

Overall a nice complete copy with minor faults as detailed and imaged