A History of Quadrupeds, Adapted to the Capacity of the Youth.
Book Description
                        First Edition. 12mo, viii, 5-201, advertisement to verso, printed by J. G. Bernard, Clerkenwell. Hardback, contemporary half calf on marbled boards, gilt spine, frontispiece present; minor water damage to frontispiece and title page (contents clean), a binder’s label reading “Bound by R. Robinson Doncaster” to front paste down.
                    
                                            Dealer Notes
                            Overall, in good condition. An adaptation of Buick’s Quadrupeds for children with his woodcuts to text and descriptions of the Kangaroo, Rat of New South Wales, the Musk Rat of Canada, the Barbary Ape, and the Nyl-ghau. Unusual in its first edition and in a contemporary provincial binding.
                        
                                    
                        Author
                        Mrs Mary Trimmer, T. Buick (Original Author)
                    
                    
                                        
                        Date
                        1803
                    
                    
                                        
                        Binding
                        Hardcover
                    
                    
                                        
                        Publisher
                        London: Tegg and Castleman
                    
                    
                    
                                        
                        Condition
                        Good
                    
                    
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