1874 A History of British Quadrupeds, Including the Cetacea

Description

Early Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

The second edition of this work, in the publisher's original cloth binding. 

A charming history of British quadrupeds, including moles, otters, rats, deer, and hedgehogs. Written by Thomas Bell, an English zoologist and writer who played a significant part in the inception of Darwin's theory of natural selection through his findings on Galapagos tortoises. 

With information on each species' generic character, distinctive features, habits and the genealogical families they descend from. 

Adorned with woodcuts throughout the text.

With the bookplate of Scottish ornithologist Sir Arthur Landsborough Thomson to the front pastedown. He was an acknowledged expert on bird migration.

With advertisement leaf to the rear.

Expanded from the first edition with the aid of Robert F. Tomes and Edward Richard Alston.