A hemispheric look at the writing of natural history. With cataloguing records for selected titles prepared by Burton Van Name Edwards. Pp. xxvi+184+[4](last colophon, verso blank), coloured frontispiece, plus coloured and black & white text illustrations, the title page printed in red & black, patterned endpapers, notes, bibliographies; narrow demy 4to; grey cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; The John Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island, 2004. First edition. Item #083031