Illustrated Natural History of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from Illustrated Natural History of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 1: Containing Scientific and Popular Descriptions of Man, Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, &C, In the carrying out, and completion of this design, the Publisher proposes to illustrate the leading zoological groups of the various branches, particularly such as are remarkable for their usefulness to man, or Curious from the singularity of their structure Or external beauty. The illustrations proposed to be given are so numerous, that 'it will be impossible to procure all of them from livmg Speci mens, but the greatest care will be used in selecting, from the most appoved sources, the plates, which can be confi dently relied on, for accuracy, ' both of delineation and coloring.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.