Lot 045 - "The Menageries: Quadrupeds, Described and Drawn from Living Subjects" Antique Illustrated Natural History Book, Vol. I Part I, the Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Published by Wells and Lilly, Boston, Massachusetts, 1830 2429 red-bordered pages

red-bordered pages

a verse beginning "There is no death

Hardcover with marbled boards and leather spine

Listed dimensions are of each individual sign

Lot 045 - "The Menageries: Quadrupeds, Described and Drawn from Living Subjects" Antique Illustrated Natural History Book, Vol. I Part I, the Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Published by Wells and Lilly, Boston, Massachusetts, 1830 2429 red-bordered pagesAntique illustrated natural history book titled "The Menageries: Quadrupeds, Described and Drawn from Living Subjects," Vol. I, Part I of The Library of Entertaining Knowledge series. Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Published by Wells and Lilly, Court Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 1830. The text is illustrated with wood engraving prints of quadrupeds including dogs, a striped hyena, and