Brown cloth binding With gilt title on the spine. Gilt title and black tiger, eagle and snake on front board.

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A copy of this richly illustrated popular work of natural history for the young by the Rev. J. G. Wood. A work of natural history for the young. A fascinating work of natural history, with comprehensive and detailed content explained in simple manner. With anecdotes on various animals and a section dedicated to British insects. Richly illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous engravings J G Wood is known to have popularised natural history with his writings. In the original publisher’s full
cloth binding. Externally generally sound with shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. The spine is slightly cocked forward. The front blank page was pasted to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and clean pages throughout, only odd faint minor spot to the odd leaf. Richly illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous engravings in text. Good book.