David Low | The breeds of domestic animals of the British Isles, 1842, 2 volumes in 1

David Low

The breeds of domestic animals of the British Isles. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1842

FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes bound in one, folio (420 x 320mm.), half-titles, 56 hand-coloured lithographed plates, coloured plates, nineteenth-century red half morocco by Wright, spine densely gilt with foliate and floral motifs

A FINE COPY.

LITERATURE:

Nissen ZBI 2564

PROVENANCE:

Joseph Neeld (1789-1856), Grittleton House, Wiltshire, engraved armorial bookplate; works from Neeld's notable art collection can be found in the National Portrait Gallery and the V&A