2 vols. Volume 1 - 567 p; Volume 2 - 664 p. total of 38 hand-coloured plates. Polished three-quarter leather with gilt filets and tooled in blind to boards; spine with gilt rule and blind-tooled compartments; morocco labels with gilt lettering; marbled edges and endpapers. Good condition. Coloured plates in order: Volume 1. 1. Title page. 2. [Map. Principal Geological features of Europe]. 3. Antelopes: (1) Addax (2) Koodoo (3) Pallah (4) Kevel Gazelle (5) Springbok (6) Salt's Antelope (7) Takhaitze (8) Nyl Ghau. 4. Deer: (1) Red Deer Hart & (2) Hind (3) Roe Buck (4) Thibetan Musk-Deer (5) Reindeer Male (6) Reindeer Female in summer dress (7) Guazupuco-Deer (8) Stag of Palestine (9) Axis Deer (10) Guazuti Deer (11) Great Rusa (12) Stag of the North of Europe (13) Wapiti (14) Fallow Deer Buck (15) Fallow Deer Doe. 5. Hogs: (1) Wild Boar (2) Collared Peccary (3) Chinese Sow (4) Capibara (5) Babyroussa. 6. Big Cats: (1) Asiatic Lion (2) Lioness (3) Bengal Tiger (4) Leopard (5) Jaguar. 7. Canine: (1) European Wolf (2) Black Wolf of N. America (3) St. Bernard's Mastiff (4) Highland Grey Hound (5) Great Dog of Nepaul. 8. Squirrels: (1) American Black Squirrel (2) Ariel Petaurus (3) Squirrel-Like Petaurus (4) Lesser American Flying Squirrel (5-6) Grey Squirrel (7) Common British Squirrel (8) Common Ground Squirrel (9) Agiump Squirrel. 9. Seals: (1) Harp Seal Male (2) Harp Seal Female (3) Pennants Pied Seal (4) Marbled Seal (5) Common Seal of the Scotch Coasts (6) Walrus or Sea Horse (7-8) Fur Seal of Commerce. 10. Monkeys: (1) Red Orang-Outang (2) Diana Monkey (3) Guereza Monkey (4) Varied Monkey (5) Collared White-Eyelid Monkey (6) Green Monkey. 11. Asiatic Elephant Male, Female & Young with a caparisoned elephant with Howdah in the distance. 12. (1) Hippopotamus (2) Indian Rhinoceros (3) Muchoco White Rhinoceros (4-5) Two Horned African Rhinoceros (6) Malay Tapir. 13. Camels: (1) Bactrian Camel (2) Arabian Camel or Dromedary (3-4) Dromedaries caparisoned (5) Post Camel of India. 14. Bears: (1) Grisley Bear (2) European Brown Bear (3) American Black Bear (4) Polar Bear. 15. Kangaroos: (1) Lord Derby's Kangaroo (2) Aroe Kangaroo (3) Parry's Kangaroo (4) Woolly Kangaroo (5) Brush Tailed Kangaroo (6) Rat-Tailed Hypsiprymnus (7) Rabbit-Eared Perameles. Volume 2. 16. Title page. 17. Eagles: (1) Great Sea Eagle (2) Golden Eagle (3) Small Cape Eagle (4) Wedge Tailed Eagle. 18. Eagles: (1) White-Headed Sea Eagle (2) Great Harpy Eagle (3) Chilean Sea Eagle (4) Brazilian Caracara Eagle. 19. Vultures: (1) King of the Vultures (2) Sociable Vulture (3) Bearded Vulture or Lammergeyer (4) Griffon Vulture (5) Condor. 20. Birds of Prey: (1) Gyr Falcon (2) Goshawk (3) Kite or Gilead (4) Peregrine Falcon (5) Kestril (female). 21. Chickens: (1) Game Cock (2) Silver-Spangled Polish Cock (3) White-Feathered Bantam Hen (4) Dorking Hen (5) Black Polish Hen (6-7) Malay Cock & Hen. 22. (1) Common Peacock (2) Ringed Pheasant (3) Horned Pheasant (4) Silver Pheasant. 23. Turkey: (1) American Wild Turkey (2) Crested Curassow (3) Galeated Curassow (4) Red Curassiw. 24. Game Birds: (1) Red Grouse (2) Partridge (3) Black Cock (4) Grey Hen (5) Ptarmigan. 25. Woodpeckers: (1) Ivory-Billed Woodpecker (2) Green Woodpecker (3) Great Spotted Woodpecker (4) Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. 26. Birds: (1) Song Thrush (2) Ring Ouzel (3) Blackbird (4) Wheat-Ear (5) Sky-Lark (6) Redbreast. 27. Birds: (1) Lesser Redpole (2-3) Goldfinch, male & female (4) Siskin (5) Reed Bunting (6) Golden-Crested Wren. 28. Humming Birds: (1) Bar-Tailed Humming Bird (2) Stoke's Humming Bird (3) Underwood's Humming Bird (4) Gould's Humming Bird (5) Topaz-Throated Humming Bird. 29. Cranes: (1) Common Crane (2) White Stork (3) Gigantic Crane (4) Common Heron (5) Little Egret. 30. Water Birds: (1) European Oyster Catcher (2) Grey Phalarope (summer plumage) (3) Purre or Dunlin (summer plumage) (4) Ringed Dotterel (5) Turnstone (summer plumage). 31. Water Birds: (1) Black Toed Gull (2) Richardson's Skua (3) Glaucous Gull (4) Black Tern (5) Lesser Tern. 32. Ducks: (1) Blue Winged Shoveler or Broad Bill (2) Teal (3) Harlequin Duck (4) Scaup Duck (5) Female Scaup Duck (6) Red-Headed Pochard. 33. Fish: (1) Common Cod (2) Haddock (3) Whiting (4) Coal Fish (5) Ling (6) Halibut (7) Makerel (8) Snelt or Spirling. 34. Fish: (1) Salmon (2) Gilse or Young Salmon (3) Salmon Trout (4) Great Lake Trout (5-6-7) Lake Trout (8) Parr. 35. Fish: (1) Twaite Shad (2-3) Herrings (4-5) Sprats or Gavies (6) Pilchard (7) Anchovy (8) White Bait. 36. Serpents: (1) Anaconda (2) Pedda Poda (3) Port Natal Python (4) Rattlesnake (5) Rattlesnake, Black Variety (6) Cobra de Capello. 37. Insects: (1) Peacock Butterfly (2) Camberwell Beauty (3) Purple Emperor (4) Glanville Fritillary (5) Grayling Butterfly (6) Green Hair Streak (7) Silver Studded Blue Butterfly. 38. Bees: (1-3) Honey Bee's - Worker / Make / Queen (4-5) Common Bumble Bee (6-7) Lapidary Bee Male & Female. (8) Moss or Carder Bee (9) Donovan's Humble Bee (10) Harris' Humble Bee (11) False Humble Bees - Apathus Vestalis (12) False Humble Bees - Apathus Rupestris. 39. Beetles: (1) Hercules Beetle (2) Scarabaeus Tityus (3) Striped Click Beetle (4) Splendid Ground Beetle (5) Beautiful Capricorn Beetle (6) Margined Malachius (7) Beautiful Burncow Beetle (8) Downy Weevil (9) Latreille's Weevil (10) Coppery Eumolpus (11) Spotted Lady-Bird Beetle (12) Noble Golden Beetle.