The zoological garden.
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1887
Place of publication: [London?
Language: eng
Subjects: Illustrated children's books -- Specimens.; Animals -- Pictorial works.
Genres: Specimens.; Pictorial works.
Notes: Title from cover.

Date based on nature of work and statement "Copyright."  blocked on upper cover of Massey Library copy.  An international copyright agreement was ratified in 1887 by the "Berne Convention". Cf. Glaister, Geoffrey Ashall.  Glaister's glossary of the book, 1979.

Attached plates are roughly 10 x 65 cm. (plate [1] is 10 x 13 cm.), accordian folded and pasted on inside of upper cover.  Each plate is printed with several 5 x 6 cm. chromolithographed illustrations set within borders and with title captions.  All illustrations are unsigned.

Lower paste-down endpaper printed in letterpress with "List of Plates.".

MASS copy: Bound in quarter black sand-grain cloth and purple pebble-grained paper-covered boards.  Upper cover blocked in gold with title and statement: "Copyright." within decorative border.