Description

[004699] Bell, Thomas. A History of British Quadrupeds, Including the Cetacea. London: John Van Voorst, 1837. First Edition. 8vo. Hardback. Good+. [7], viii-xviii, [1], 2-526pp. Contemporary full calf, bands, spine in six panels, title label to second panel, author label to third, remaining panels gilt with repeated roundel design, covers with single line border

Spine uniformly faded, slightly rubbed to extremities, but still quite attractive. Internally quite bright and clean

The author Thomas Bell (1792-1880), was a dental surgeon and zoologist, and was responsible for the descriptions of reptilia in the Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle (1843)

Nissen ZBI 292