Hill (John). An History of Animals. Containing Descriptions of the Birds, Beasts, Fishes, and Insects, of the Several Parts of the World, 1st edition, London: for Thomas Osborne, 1752, half-title, 28 engraved plates, lacking text-leaf Q2, half-title and title-page marked, plates toned and variably soiled, most plates with repaired closed tears (ranging from marginal to extensive), plate 3 with section of loss to fore margin affecting plate-mark but not image, text-leaves 4Q2, 4R2 and 6O1 each with closed tear extending into text, marginal repairs to 5D1-2, 6K2 re-guarded, 7G2 repaired with loss (missing text replaced in manuscript), occasional soiling and marginal nicks elsewhere, 20th-century quarter calf, folio (35.2 x 22 cm) (Qty: 1) THE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I Lisney 221, Wood p. 386; cf. ESTC T40566, Freeman 1672, Henrey 809, Nissen ZBI 1939, (for A General Natural History). An History of Animals is the the third and final book Hill published under the series title A General Natural History: the first volume (1748) concerns fossils, and the second (1751), plants. 'As they were printed, published and often bound uniformly the three volumes are sometimes considered to comprise one work; Hill himself, however, makes it perfectly clear that each volume is in itself complete without the others' (Lisney).
Hill (John). An History of Animals. Containing Descriptions of the Birds, Beasts, Fishes, and Insects, of the Several Parts of the World, 1st edition, London: for Thomas Osborne, 1752, half-title, 28 engraved plates, lacking text-leaf Q2, half-title and title-page marked, plates toned and variably soiled, most plates with repaired closed tears (ranging from marginal to extensive), plate 3 with section of loss to fore margin affecting plate-mark but not image, text-leaves 4Q2, 4R2 and 6O1 each with closed tear extending into text, marginal repairs to 5D1-2, 6K2 re-guarded, 7G2 repaired with loss (missing text replaced in manuscript), occasional soiling and marginal nicks elsewhere, 20th-century quarter calf, folio (35.2 x 22 cm) (Qty: 1) THE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I Lisney 221, Wood p. 386; cf. ESTC T40566, Freeman 1672, Henrey 809, Nissen ZBI 1939, (for A General Natural History). An History of Animals is the the third and final book Hill published under the series title A General Natural History: the first volume (1748) concerns fossils, and the second (1751), plants. 'As they were printed, published and often bound uniformly the three volumes are sometimes considered to comprise one work; Hill himself, however, makes it perfectly clear that each volume is in itself complete without the others' (Lisney).
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