Dogs Anecdotes Terriers Greyhounds Beagle Spaniel 1866 Jesse 19 engraving book

(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Illustrated Books, Zoology, Dogs, Terriers, Greyhounds, Labradors).

Anecdotes of Dogs, by Edward Jesse.
Published 1866, London by Richard Bentley.
336 pages. Text in English. Illustrated with 19 engraved plates of dogs, lacking one (pointers).

Attractive publisher's cloth binding, embossed cover and spine decorations. Recased (rebound retaining spine and covers) in past using new endpapers.

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Well worn example, clearly much browsed and handled, offered as seen due to scarcity and value.

Binding well age worn but still appealing, covers stained and speckle spotted, various small old tape repairs to a few pages or plate edges, remains overall attractive as a physical object of this era.

Text block paper is age toned as typical, internally book remains mostly clean, tight and sound. A book which has been taken care of but does not look like a new book. This is an antique old book which has been handled over the past many decades.

Still attractive on the shelf, any age flaws seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for our detailed attempt to present this rare book as it actually survives. There is no attempt to hide anything but it's virtually impossible to list every single last tiny flaw or minor (normal) age defect which may exist

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Book Measures c. 9" H x 7" W.

[B13894].