An universal system of natural history, including the natural history of man; ...
Ebenezer Sibly (1751-1800)
Category
Books
Date
1794 - 1810
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3218704
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 5-7, 11 (of 14), plates : col. ill. ; 8vo. Imperfect: vols. 5,6,7 & 11 only. Pencil note in v.5: 8 vols. [i.e. sold as mismatched set, with vols. 1-3 (and 4 missing) of 'An historical miscellany of the curiosities and rarities in nature and art' (1794-1800)]. $zBinding: nineteenth-century mottled calf; gilt rolled borders; bline ruled spines; gold lettered black spine labels: Natural history ... Vols. 7 & 11 have separate green calf, gold tooled spine (detached in v.7, pasted on v.11), lettered: Universal natural history. Binder’s ticket: Diboll & Son, bookbinders, Howard St., Yarmouth.
Makers and roles
Ebenezer Sibly (1751-1800) Linné, Carl von Chapman, J J. Ihle (fl.1795) John Wilkes (1750 - 1810) John Jones Greville Jones Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748-1804)