OWEN Richard

ON THE ANATOMY OF VERTEBRATES Volume I Fishes and Reptiles, Volume II Birds and Mammals, Volume III Mammals.

Longmans Green and Co., 1866-1868. Item #185779

1st edn. 3 vols. 8vo (8¾ x 5¾ ins). Contemporary bevelled-edged gilt tooled full maroon morocco with Downing College arms blocked in gilt on upper and lower boards, all edges gilt bound by Sayer and Wilson of Cambridge (lightly scuffed at edges - otherwise a VG set). Pp. xlii + 650 [&] viii + 592 [&] x + 915, illus with b&w engravings in text and folding table in vol II (inner hinges a little pulled at gutters of front endpapers; no inscriptions).

Price: £700.00