The Royal Natural History [6 Volumes]

Richard Lydekker, The Royal Natural History, London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1893-96, 6 Volumes

Volume I: Mammals, xvi + 581 pages including 12 full colour lithographic plates + in-text engravings, including frontispiece all with tissue guard, 1893-94
Volume II: Mammals, (continued) xii, 583 pages including 12 colour lithographic plates + in-text engravings, including frontispiece all with tissue guard, 1894
Volume III: Mammals, xv + 584 pages including 12 colour lithographic plates + in-text engravings, including frontispiece all with tissue guard, 1894-95
Volume IV: Birds, xvi, 583 pages including 12 colour lithographic plates + in-text engravings, including frontispiece all with tissue guard, 1895
Volume V: Reptiles Fishes etc., xvi, 584 pages including 12 colour lithographic plates + in-text engravings, including frontispiece all with tissue guard, 1896
Volume VI: Invertebrates, xvi, 580 pages including 12 colour lithographic plates + in-text engravings, including frontispiece all with tissue guard, 1896

Illustrated with 72 coloured lithographic plates and 1600 wood engravings by W Kuhnert, F Specht, P J Smit, G Mutzel, A T Elwes, J Wolf, Gambier Bolton, and many others; original publishers bevelled pictorial cloth covers with gilt to spine and black lettering to front. Top edge gilt (each)

Richard Lydekker died in April 1915 and has left behind an enviable and enduring legacy in these volumes.

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