ILLUSTRATED MAMMALS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, HANDSOMELY BOUND FOLIOS
MILLAIS, John Guille. The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904. Three volumes. Thick square folio (measures 13-1/2 by 14 inches, 3 inches thick), contemporary three-quarter brown morocco, gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, top edges gilt, uncut.
Limited first edition, number 275 of 1025 copies, copiously illustrated with over 240 plates, 62 of which are in color. Three large folio volumes handsomely bound by Morrell.
Son of the well-known Sir John Everett Millais, President of the Royal Academy, John Guille Millais was noted for his animal drawings; he traveled in Africa and North America as a big game hunter, publishing many books (often illustrated from his own drawings) on hunting and nature. This work includes fine multiple plates depicting bats, bear, seals, hedgehogs, wild cats, wolves, deer, rabbits, reindeer, elk, whales, etc. Houfe, 230. Evidence of bookplate removal.
Only occasional faint foxing, handsome morocco-gilt bindings slightly bowed.