Title
The British Museum, or, Elegant repository of natural history / by William Holloway and John Branch, A.M.
Publication
London : Printed by J.D. Dewick, Aldergate-street, for John Badcock, Paternoster-Row, 1803-1804.
Physical Description
4 volumes in 1 : illustrations ; 15 cm
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf. With contemporary book box, to house all four volumes. Autograph: B. Ashburnham. 1804.
Notes
Each volume has an added engraved title page, with vignette.
Variant and related titles
British Museum
Elegant repository of natural history
Added to Catalog
September 08, 2016
Contents
Volume 1-2. Quadrupeds
Volume 3. Fishes, insects
Volume 4. Birds.
References
Osborne Collection of early children's books, 1566-1910, page 2
Genre/Form
Engravings - Hand-colored - 1803-1804.