A Popular History Of Mammalia; Comprising A Familiar Account Of Their Classification And Habits Adam White Natural History

A very good copy of the 1st edition in the original decorative cloth binding with hand coloured frontispiece and 15 further hand coloured plates. This work was part of the Popular Natural History Series which was designed to introduce young people to different aspects of natural history. Adam White, a Scottish zoologist, authored 3 of the volumes - his particular speciality was crustacea, but he had a broad knowledge of zoology. The binding is very bright and clean with gilt titles and decoration to spine and a gilt goat on the front board. There is a small red paint splash at the bottom corner of the front board and light wear to corners. Spine ends lightly pulled with a little chipping. The original endpapers are present - there is slight paper loss at the top of the front endpaper joint. Contents are complete and very clean with the occasional spot or mark. There is some spotting at the front and rear of the work - including the tissue guard to the frontispiece. The text is numbered to p346 - there is then a plate list (un-numbered) and an index numbered pp 1-14. Publisher's catalogue at the rear.