Buckland, Frank (c.1900), Curiosities of Natural History, Macmillan, London, xxii + 360pp.

Buckland, Frank (c.1900), Curiosities of Natural History, Macmillan, London, xxii + 360pp. Hardback with embossed pictorial cover. No title page or publishing details. 1866 date from preface, 1900 by reference to another copy. Worn and soiled but sound binding, text clean but slight foxing and library stamps to end-papers. In fair to good condition.

This book is the second of a series of four on Curiosities of Natural History originally published between 1857 and 1872. F.B. was the eldest son of William Buckland. The first essay (pp.1-64) recollects the sale of his father’s library.