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small 4to. full leather binding housed in a cloth clamshell box with leather spine label. xvi, 280 pages with xvi pages of plates. A catalogue of the Mcilhenny natural history collection which describes 1388 items. A fine copy in fine clamshell box. Signed in ink by the compiler, author of the preface, and author of the introduction on the half-title page. This particular copy has been bound in a full leather artists' binding by Don Etherington (which is unsigned). The binding is full olive green calf with green, navy blue, white, brown, dark blue, tan, olive, red, and purple leather onlays, with the title stamped in black. Handmade metallic pastepaper pastedowns and endpapers. The collection which consists of art and books about nature was formed as a result of a gift from the descendants of Mcilhenny of Avery Island in Louisiana, owned by the family since 1813. It is illustrated with 16 pages of beautiful color plates and several black-and-white plates and drawing throughout. Indexed. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. full leather binding housed in a cloth clamshell box with leather spine label. Etherington, Don (illustratore).…