SIBLY, Ebenezer (editor). An Universal System of Natural History, including the Natural History of M
SIBLY, Ebenezer (editor). An Universal System of Natural History, including the Natural History of Man; the Orang-Outang; and the Whole Tribe of Simia; all the Known Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, and Amphibious Animals… forming A Magnificent View of the Three Kingdoms of Nature. London: Champante and Whitrow, 1794-1808. 14 vols., 8vo (203 x 120mm.) Titles, 411 engraved plates, including the portrait frontispiece, many folding, indices to rear. (Occasional browning and spotting, lacking 13 plates[?]). Near contemporary half morocco (spines heavily rubbed, upper cover of vol. 13 detached, joints splitting to several vols.) (14).
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SIBLY, Ebenezer (editor). An Universal System of Natural History, including the Natural History of Man; the Orang-Outang; and the Whole Tribe of Simia; all the Known Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, and Amphibious Animals… forming A Magnificent View of the Three Kingdoms of Nature. London: Champante and Whitrow, 1794-1808. 14 vols., 8vo (203 x 120mm.) Titles, 411 engraved plates, including the portrait frontispiece, many folding, indices to rear. (Occasional browning and spotting, lacking 13 plates[?]). Near contemporary half morocco (spines heavily rubbed, upper cover of vol. 13 detached, joints splitting to several vols.) (14).
