SMELLIE, William (1740–1795). A Natural History, General and Particular; Containing the History and Theory of the Earth, A General History of Man, The Brute Creation, Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c. London: Richard Evans, 1817. 2 vols (in 1), 4to. 2 portrait frontispieces, 52 hand-coloured plates (as called for). (Occasional light spotting, a few plates mis-bound). Contemporary diced calf (rebacked preserving old calf, extremities worn, upper board attached with brown archival tape at the inner hinges).