Natural History. WOOD. Catalogue of an extensive and
WOOD, William. Catalogue of an extensive and valuable Collection of the best works on Natural History, arranged in classes according to the Linnean System. With an enumeration of the pages and plates each volume contains. Now selling, at the Prices affixed to each, by William Wood, 428, Strand, near Bedford-Street. London, Richard Taylor, 1824.
In-8vo mm. 220 x 140, pp. 4, 136, 4, 7, con 1 tav. in rame f.t. in apertura campioni di conchiglie. Leg. mezza tela editoriale dorso stanco. Fioriture sparse. Mancano le pagg. 45-46.
Interessante catalogo di una corposissima raccolta di libri di storia naturale, con prevalenza di testi di zoologia e conchigliologia, corredati delle relative collazioni. Al termine elenco dei volumi pubblicati dallo stesso William Wood (1774-1857), membro della Società Linneana, che fu al tempo stesso naturalista, collezionista, ed editore.
Condition Report: In-8vo mm. 220 x 140, pp. [4], 136, [4], 7, a plate on copper. Quarter publisher cloth binding, defects on spine. Spread foxing. Missing pp. 45-46.
Interesting catalog of a very substantial collection of natural history books, with a prevalence of zoology and conchigliology texts, accompanied by the relative collations. At the end, a list of volumes published by William Wood himself [1774-1857], a member of the Linnaean Society, who was at the same time a naturalist, collector, and editor.
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WOOD, William. Catalogue of an extensive and valuable Collection of the best works on Natural History, arranged in classes according to the Linnean System. With an enumeration of the pages and plates each volume contains. Now selling, at the Prices affixed to each, by William Wood, 428, Strand, near Bedford-Street. London, Richard Taylor, 1824.
In-8vo mm. 220 x 140, pp. 4, 136, 4, 7, con 1 tav. in rame f.t. in apertura campioni di conchiglie. Leg. mezza tela editoriale dorso stanco. Fioriture sparse. Mancano le pagg. 45-46.
Interessante catalogo di una corposissima raccolta di libri di storia naturale, con prevalenza di testi di zoologia e conchigliologia, corredati delle relative collazioni. Al termine elenco dei volumi pubblicati dallo stesso William Wood (1774-1857), membro della Società Linneana, che fu al tempo stesso naturalista, collezionista, ed editore.
Condition Report: In-8vo mm. 220 x 140, pp. [4], 136, [4], 7, a plate on copper. Quarter publisher cloth binding, defects on spine. Spread foxing. Missing pp. 45-46.
Interesting catalog of a very substantial collection of natural history books, with a prevalence of zoology and conchigliology texts, accompanied by the relative collations. At the end, a list of volumes published by William Wood himself [1774-1857], a member of the Linnaean Society, who was at the same time a naturalist, collector, and editor.
