[BICKNELL, W. I.]. The Natural History of the Sacred Scriptures and Guide to General Zoology; Illustrated by Upwards of Three Hundred Coloured Engravings, the Whole Arranged and Written from the Best and Most Modern Authorities. London and New York: The London Printing and Publishing Company, n.d. [c. 1860].
FIRST EDITION, two volumes in one, leather-bound, hardcover, octavo (18cm x 13cm x 6cm), pp. [8], 320; [4], 310. English text, with illustrated plates throughout. Bound in contemporary half morocco, smooth spine gilt, marbled paper-covered boards, folding frontispiece to vol. I, engraved title mentions: 'Scripture Natural History for youth', with c. 300 coloured wood-engraved plate, each part with a separate title-page and index. Condition: GOOD to VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Slight rubbing to extremities. Contents complete with some light spotting mostly to endpapers. Gift inscription to front pastedown dated 1869. Scarce thus.