[Dogs] The Illustrated Book of the Dog. By Vero Shaw

London etc., Cassel & Company, n.d. (1890), VIII,664,(8) p., with 28 chromolithographic plates and 93 woodcut illustrations (partly full-page), original gilt cloth, all edges gilt, 4to.

Both hinges very vulnerable (first and final leaves tender/loose); boards and spine with light wear along edges and back cover slightly stained. Fine and colourful illustrated work, of which the first edition appeared in 1881.