James Edmund Harting | "British Mammals", a volume so titled containing various annotated articles by Harting

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May 13, 01:20 PM GMT

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500 - 700 GBP

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The Property of the Downside Abbey General Trust

James Edmund Harting

“British Mammals”, late 19th century

A volume so titled on spine containing various articles by Harting, 8vo (217 x 140mm.), numerous cuttings, letters, photographs and pieces of ephemera bound in, pasted in, or loosely inserted, some authorial annotations, contemporary morocco-backed cloth

Harting writes on the fly-leaf: “This volume of collected essays is unique”.

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J.E. Harting, armorial bookplate

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