HEER [O], Prof. HEYWOOD (J), ed.: The Primaeval World of Switzerland. Edited by James Heywood. SPLENDID SET IN FULL MOROCCO , Longmans Green & Co., 1876

2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a folding coloured map and tinted lithographed plate as frontispieces (original tissue guards present), 7 tinted lithographed plates (one coloured; original tissue guards present), 11 engraved plates of fossils and many hundreds of wood-engraved illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, backs with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, pictorial gilt from original boards preserved and mounted on new and separate leaves, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 32pp publisher's catalogue (dated March 1877) bound in at end. An early issue of the first edition. A splendid set. (Book ref. 19669)  £580.00

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