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London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1838. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1838. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 11 1/4" x 8 3/4". 178 pages + appendix. 24 plates, 6 of them hand-colored by Edward Lear (as called for) as well as a number of text illustrations. Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages; foxing to endpapers; H. Bradley Martin's copy with his bookplate on front endpaper; moderate wear. Thomas Campbell Eyton (10 September 1809 25 October 1880) was an English naturalist whose fields were cattle, fishes and birds. He was a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin though he opposed his theories. Eyton was born at Eyton Hall, near Wellington, Shropshire. He studied at St John's College, Cambridge, where he was a contemporary and friend of Charles Darwin. After succeeding to the estate in 1855 Eyton built a large natural history museum at Eyton Hall. References: Nissen IVB 307; Mullens & Swan p.203. A very scarce… Read More