1906 Dogs by Well-Known Authorities: Volume One - The Terriers

Description

Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

First edition, in the publisher's original half morocco binding, with red cloth to the boards.

Volume one only, out of a five-volume set, entitled 'Dogs by Well-Known Authorities'.

Edited by Harding Cox.

This informative and charming work presents the terrier breed of dog, with chapters on the Fox terrier, the Skye terrier, the Bull terrier, the White West Highland terrier and the Welsh terrier, among many others. As well as this, Cox provides information on the hygiene, simple treatment of disease, common poisons and antidotes, and first aid, in relation to the terrier.

With beautiful colour plates tipped-in throughout, illustrated by Maud Earl, Margaret Collyer, Frances C. Fairman, Thomas Blinks, John Emms and Arthur Wardle. With twenty-four plates and a frontispiece. Collated, complete.

Bookseller label of Adolphe Legoupy to the front paste down.