JARDINE, William (1800-74). The Natural History of the Felinæ, Edinburgh, 1834, hand-coloured wood-engraved plates, modern buckram-backed marbled boards. With another book. (2)

JARDINE, William (1800-74).  The Natural History of the Felinæ. Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars (and others), 1834. Small oblong 4to (100 x 170mm). 36 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates, including 2 by Edward Lear ([?]only, of 38, one plate detached, final plate laid down, some plates cropped, without text, occasional light spotting). Modern buckram-backed marbled boards (inner hinges broken). Provenance: L. H. Bradford (signature on front free endpaper); "To Mr Wardle who likes cats large and small, L. B." (inscription beneath signature). The title page calls for "thirty-eight plates, coloured, and numerous wood-cuts; with memoir of Cuvier." With H. A. F. Lindsay and C. M. Harlow's The Indian Forest Records. Report on Lac and Shellac (Allahad, The Pioneer Press, 1921, folding tables, original paper boards). (2)