Rare Antique 19c Young Travellers Childrens Book Mrs.Jamison Natural online History Cabinet Collections

Rare Antique 19thc The Young Travellers; Or, A Visit to The Grandmother. Book by Mrs. Jamieson. Printed for Balwin, Cradock, and Joy/W. Jackson and Co., London, 1827. Containing A Variety of Topics, A Sketch of The Elements of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, and other branches of Natural History. (See Table of Contents image) Fifth edition, with a fine frontispiece. 252 pp.

Small hardcover boards, with leather spine, title and horizontal rules in gilt; exquisite frontispiece engraving showing young people and children examining shells on a table in front of a cabinet of natural history specimens.

"As is" Used condition; covers are scuffed, worn and stained; corner tips are bumped and chipped; rubbing and wear to head, tail and sides of leather spine; front free endpaper large tear out of lower right corner, with pencil writing and on verso; 1" split at bottom of hinge from free front endpaper thru frontis; frontispiece piece out of lower left corner and tiny tear midway up left border, verso pencil poem or dedication, title-page with shadow from frontis; pp. 139 - 142 lower corner off, some text lacking; few page folds; some foxing, smudging and sunning of page papers; rear online hinge cracked, some loss of material; rear free endpaper lacking and rear pastedown some pencil writing.

Very collectible and rare, few copies listed. Related to the History of the popular pursuit of Amateur Natural History Study, Education and Collections for Children.