1833 1ed MONKEY Evolution Primate Chimpanzee Orangutan Color Illustrated Jardine

1833 1^ed MONKEY Evolution Primate Chimpanzee Orangutan Color Illustrated Jardine

Sir William Jardine was a 19^th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, ‘The Naturalist’s Library’.

This fine 1833 edition of Jardine’s ‘Mammalia’ is beautifully color illustrated with 32 engravings of various species of monkeys! The plates from Jardine’s works are exceedingly desirable and are found framed and displayed by themselves. This volume showcases illustrations and descriptions of orangutans, gibbons, proboscis monkeys, the red-shanked duoc, simpai monkey, and chimpanzees.

Item number: #30180

Price: $550

JARDINE, Sir William

The Naturalist’s Library, Mammalia… Monkeys

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars and Stirling and Kenney, Longman…Curry…1833. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [6], vi, 7-230, 25, [1], 11, [1]
  • 31 hand-colored engraved plates (plus engraved portrait frontispiece)
• References: Lowndes 1192
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
  • Cloth
• Size: ~7.25in X 4.5in (18cm x 11cm)

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