Large 8vo. Hand-coloured plates by the author in original red cloth and with a delightful pictorial upper board; inner hinge beginning to wear; minor soiling to boards; contents neat and clean. MS signature and date to title page reads: 'Edith G.N. Dickson, 8th April 1876.' A later reprint. Complete with later advertisements [c.1870] and booklet inserted [c.1865]. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page. 2. Young Elephant. London 1851 & the same in 1853. (2 figs.) 3. The Unwieldy Elephant. (5 figs.) 4. Performing Elephants...Elephantine Performances. The Menagerie / The Nursery. (3 figs.) 5. The Hippopotamus. Aged 9 months / The same in 1853. (2 figs.) 6. A Fish Dinner. Otter and Beaver. (2 figs.) 7. Be There Bears I' the Town. Brown Bears Dining / Repletion / White Bear dined. (3 figs.) 8. Maternal & Conjugal Affection. Polar bear / Lion & Lioness. (2 figs.) 9. The Marquis of Dalhousie's Tigers. The bone of contention / Young Lion / The loving cup. (5 figs.) 10. Lion Tamers. Van Amburgh / Maccomo. (2 figs.) 11. [Monkeys] Cold Weather / Mother & Child / Miss Jenny at supper / A new Van Amburgh / Rarely fore-stalled. (5 figs.) 12. "The Noble Savage"...Manners and Customs of the Bosjeman. On Scent / On the Lookout / Receiving a Coin / Asking for more / Receives a flower from a Lady / Female and Young of the Bosjeman / The Dance. (7 figs.) 13. The St. Bernard Dog - Romance & Reality. This is what I expected to see... / This is what I saw... (2 figs.) 14. The Force of Habit. Old Pony stops at the Public House.... / "Hounds Expected." (2 figs.) 15. Fox Hunting in Sport. Hounds meet... / The Run... (2 figs.) 16. Fox Hunting in Earnest. The retreat / The blockade / The Bombardment / The Captives and the Slain. (4 figs.) 17. The Turf, - Plebeian & Aristocratic. Girvan Races 1851 / "The Brook." (2 figs.) 18. The Difficulties of Animal Painting. A Hopeless Subject / A way to enliven a Sitter... (2 figs.) 19. The Difficulties of Animal Painting. Portrait of an Ayrshire Cow wanted / West Highland Cattle. (2 figs.) 20. "Sauve Qui Peut"! Enraged Dromedary / Kangaroo in the Poultry Yard. (2 figs.)