UPDATE (12/8/14): BOOK RECOVERED

Bromer Booksellers has reported a missing children's book (description below). If you are offered this item, please contact Bromer Booksellers at (617) 247-2818 or email shop manager Philip Salmon (phil@bromer.com).


(Juvenile). W. BELCH'S HISTORY OF BEASTS. Newington Butts, London, W. Belch, c. 1820. 12mo. 8 ff. Illustrated with sixteen hand-colored
engravings of various animals, arranged two per page. These are accompanied by a quatrain printed in the middle of the page, as well as
the printed names of each animal. The printer Belch issued a number of children's books in this format, though this title is apparently
unrecorded. Apart from some minor creasing to corners of covers and a few pages, this is a nearly fine copy of an ephemeral children's book.

See an uploaded photo of the item here:
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