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SCLATER, Philip Lutley (1829-1913) and Michael Rogers Oldfield THOMAS (1858-1929). The Book of Antelopes. London: Taylor and Francis for R.H. Porter, 1896-1900.
4 volumes, 4° (289 x 220mm). Titles with engraved vignette, 100 hand-coloured lithographic plates by J. Smit, J. Wolf and others, printed by Hanhart, 121 illustrations. Original brown cloth, gilt, vols. I-III with original wrappers to parts I-XII bound in, (slight fading to upper covers).
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. An interesting copy bound with the 'temporary' titles and 'provisional' contents lists in vols. I-III, vol. II including both the cancellans and cancellanda versions of C2. The sheets for the final titles and preliminary leaves for vols. I-III are loosely inserted, together with prospectuses for a number of Rowland Ward publications. Nissen ZBI 3784; Mendelssohn I, p.292; Wood 558. (4)
4 volumes, 4° (289 x 220mm). Titles with engraved vignette, 100 hand-coloured lithographic plates by J. Smit, J. Wolf and others, printed by Hanhart, 121 illustrations. Original brown cloth, gilt, vols. I-III with original wrappers to parts I-XII bound in, (slight fading to upper covers).
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. An interesting copy bound with the 'temporary' titles and 'provisional' contents lists in vols. I-III, vol. II including both the cancellans and cancellanda versions of C2. The sheets for the final titles and preliminary leaves for vols. I-III are loosely inserted, together with prospectuses for a number of Rowland Ward publications. Nissen ZBI 3784; Mendelssohn I, p.292; Wood 558. (4)