The History of the Collections contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum. Vol. I-II [with] Vol. II: Appendix
- Publisher : British Museum (Natural History)
- Published In : London
Description:
First editions. Vol. 1: Libraries, Botany, Geology, Minerals; Vol. 2: Separate Accounts of Collections of the Departments of Zoology; Vol. 3: Zoology Appendix, History of the Department of Zoology. Scarce, particularly complete in 3 volumes.
Condition
3 vols, 8vo, orig. green cloth, gt. Vol 1: Good ex-lib.: library label to endpaper, unobtrusive blind stamp to first and last few pages; slight speckling to front board, worn/chipped to head of spine; some foxing to prelims; Vol II + Supplement very good clean copies.
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