Catalogue of the Birds, Shells, and some of the more rare plates of Dorsetshire. With Additions and a brief memoir of the author.

HUTCHINS / PULTENEY, RICHARD:

Edité par 1813.

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LARGE Bound in full mottled calf leather binding. Contemporary Gilt decorated boards. Later Leather spine, with Raised bands & gilt title on spine. New plain endpaper. Size 15.25 x 10 inches In very good condition. Some minor rubbing on edges, corners a little bumped. A few light scuffs to board. Inside generally very clean & tight. Engraved portrait of R. Pulteney. Ills. of Melbury Fossils, and 23 engr. plates of Shells. Text 2 pp: memoir, and 110 pages of text including explanation of plates. First published in 1799 in a limited number, many of which were destroyed by a fire at Nichols' warehouse in 1808. This second enlarged edition, edited with additions by Reckett, was the first to be illustrated.

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• Titre: Catalogue of the Birds, Shells, and some of the more rare plates of Dorsetshire. With Additions and a brief memoir of the author.
• Éditeur: 1813.
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • DORSET TOPOGRAPHY