List of Vertebrated Animals Now or Lately in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London (Ninth edition, 1896)

Pp. xvi, 724; numerous black-and-white woodcut vignettes.  Publisher’s original tan printed wrappers, lettered in black on the spine, lg 8vo.  The preface states that the purpose of this volume is to facilitate the naming of the specimens in Society’s collections and render the nomenclature uniform.  No ownership marks and no few signs of use (this volume is uncut and unopened).