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Very rare Antique Book from the Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker from 1901: "Fish" (Leather Bound with Gold Leaf Edges) shark salmon eel chimaera blow fish etc... THE RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1901 CHICAGO
Very rare Antique Book from the Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker from 1901: "Fish" (Leather Bound with Gold Leaf Edges) shark salmon eel chimaera blow fish etc... THE RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1901 CHICAGO
Very rare Antique Book from the Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker from 1901: "Fish" (Leather Bound with Gold Leaf Edges) shark salmon eel chimaera blow fish etc... THE RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1901 CHICAGO
Very rare Antique Book from the Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker from 1901: "Fish" (Leather Bound with Gold Leaf Edges) shark salmon eel chimaera blow fish etc... THE RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1901 CHICAGO
Very rare Antique Book from the Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker from 1901: "Fish" (Leather Bound with Gold Leaf Edges) shark salmon eel chimaera blow fish etc... THE RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1901 CHICAGO
Very rare Antique Book from the Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker from 1901: "Fish" (Leather Bound with Gold Leaf Edges) shark salmon eel chimaera blow fish etc... THE RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1901 CHICAGO
Very rare Antique Book from the Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker from 1901: "Fish" (Leather Bound with Gold Leaf Edges) shark salmon eel chimaera blow fish etc... THE RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1901 CHICAGO
Very rare Antique Book from the Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker from 1901: "Fish" (Leather Bound with Gold Leaf Edges) shark salmon eel chimaera blow fish etc... THE RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1901 CHICAGO
Very rare Antique Book from the Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker from 1901: "Fish" (Leather Bound with Gold Leaf Edges) shark salmon eel chimaera blow fish etc... THE RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1901 CHICAGO
Very rare Antique Book from the Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker from 1901: "Fish" (Leather Bound with Gold Leaf Edges) shark salmon eel chimaera blow fish etc... THE RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1901 CHICAGO
Very rare Antique Book from the Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker from 1901: "Fish" (Leather Bound with Gold Leaf Edges) shark salmon eel chimaera blow fish etc... THE RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1901 CHICAGO
Very rare Antique Book from the Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker from 1901: "Fish" (Leather Bound with Gold Leaf Edges) shark salmon eel chimaera blow fish etc... THE RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1901 CHICAGO

Very rare Antique Book from the Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker from 1901: "Fish" (Leather Bound with Gold Leaf Edges) shark salmon eel chimaera blow fish etc... THE RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1901 CHICAGO

Antique Book from the Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker from 1901: "Fish" (Leather Bound with Gold Leaf Edges

This set of books is very rare

 

This sale is for the volume on FISH

(Seen on all the photos below)

The book inside is in such good condition that I doubt it was used much, if at all!

THIS IS 1 VOLUME OF "THE LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY", 1901.

EDITED BY RICHARD LYDEKKER, B.A., F. R.S., F.Z.S., ETC

WITH INTRODUCTION BY ERNEST SETON-THOMPSON

THE RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1901 CHICAGO

BINDING SAYS:  VOLUME  X

INTRODUCTION PAGE  SAYS  VOL. V, SEC II

LEATHER BINDING IN GOOD CONDITION FOR ITS AGE.

LOOK AT THE PHOTOS CAREFULLY TO BE SATISFIED.

THE OUTSIDE SPINE SEEN ON THE PHOTOS IS A BIT ROUGH, BUT HOLDING WELL OUTSIDE AS WELL AS INSIDE.

GREAT SHAPE  INSIDE. PAGES VERY CLEAN. NO FOXING. ONLY ONE PAGE WITH A BLACK AND WHITE ENGRAVING OF FISH HAS A SLIGHT TEAR ON THE LEFT MARGIN SHOWN ON PHOTO 11.

ITALIAN  FLORENTINE MARBLING MOTIFS ON THE INSIDE OF THE BOOK COVER, MARBLING: 18 C. PATTERN BASED PAPER, MARBLED ON LAID, ANTIQUE, HANDMADE LINEN RAG PAPER, AND GILT-EDGED PAGES WITH 24 KARAT GOLD-LEAF AND RED RIBBON PAGE MARKER. 

THE SUBJECT IS: FISH

A nice antique book, 1901, hardcover leather bound book:  The leather spine is in pretty good shape for its age with normal wear. Pages and pictures look really nice, great condition. Profusely illustrated with colored plates, and engravings.

We also carry loose original prints 300 years old or less in great condition such as: Albin, Audubon, Baron, Barraband, Bertuch, Brodtmann, Brown, Buffon, Cassel, Curtis, Cuvier, Donovan, Edwards, Fitch, Frisch, Grandville, Harrison, Walter Hood, Latham, Linden,Linnaeus, Loddiges, Martinet, McKenney, Morris, Munting, Redoute, Reinchenbachia, Schreber, Schubert, Selby, Shaw and Nodder, Van Geel, Warner, etc.... etc...