The Treasury of Natural History; or, A Popular Dictionary of Animated Nature: In Which the Zoological Characteristics that Distinguish the Different Classes, Genera, and Species, are Combined with a Variety of Interesting Information

xiv, 812pp, 32pp publisher's ads, in-text black and white illustrations. Green cloth-covered boards, blind-embossed design to boards, gilt titles on front and spine, patterned endpapers. 12mo. Sun-faded spine, heavily rubbed spine ends with cloth torn at front hinge. Top text block edge dust damaged, remaining edges tanning. Endpapers starting to fox and tan; bookplate on front free endpaper, previous owner's details on first blank page. Gutters cracked and strained, volume quite loose.  Lacks illustrated frontispiece and additional title page seen in some copies of this edition. Otherwise internally neat, clean, bright and tight.