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Auction #128 begins on 15 Jan 2026

[Lydekker (Richard) Editor]

THE ROYAL NATURAL HISTORY

Published: Frederick Warne & Co, London, 1893-96

Edition: First edition

Reserve: $240

Approximately:

Estimate: $350-380

Bidding opens: 15 Jan 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 22 Jan 16:30 GMT

Ships from: Ireland

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6 volumes. First edition 1893-96.

72 chromolithographs with tissue-guards.

Sixteen hundred engravings.

Publishers original pictoral cover.

Gilt title with large vignette.

Gilt title and decorative panels. 

Gilt title with vignette to spine.

Coloured endpapers.

Mottled page-blocks.

Volume I.

xvi, 583 pages.

12 full-page colour plates with tissue-guards.

In-text engravings.

Volume II.

xii, 583 pages.

12 full-page colour plates with tissue-guards.

In-text engravings.

Volume III.

xv, [1], 584 pages.

12 full-page colour plates with tissue-guards.

In-text engravings.

Volume IV.

xv, [1], 583 pages

12 full-page colour plates with tissue-guards.

In-text engravings.

Volume V.

xv, [1], 584 pages.

12 full-page colour plates with tissue-guards.

In-text engravings.

Volume VI.

xv, [1], 580 pages

12 full-page colour plates with tissue-guards.

In-text engravings.

"Richard Lydekker died in April 1915 and has left behind

an enviable and enduring legacy in these volumes." 

Shipping weight 12000g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 27 x 18 cm


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