Dec 13, 2018 - Sale 2496

Sale 2496 - Lot 303

Price Realized: $ 188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(NATURAL HISTORY.) Adams, H.G. Young Naturalist's Library. Together 4 separate issues in original parts illustrated with hand-colored wood engraved plates. 8vo format, 6 3/4x5 inches, original printed paper wrappers, minimal wear, small amount of foxing, titles in ink on spines. London: Groombridge & Sons, 1854-1856
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A delightful little series designed "to foster and encourage in the minds of the young, a taste for the study of natural history in all its various branches... and to teach them how to read that great book of nature, which ever lies open for their amusement and instruction." Hummingbirds (8 plates) Nests and Eggs of Familiar British Birds (8 plates) Beautiful Butterflies: British Species (8 plates) Beautiful Shells (8 plates).