"Animate Creations" A beautiful 3 volume set of the antique books "Animate Creations Illustrated: Popular Edition of Our Living World” a Natural History by Rev. J.G. Wood New York Selmar Hess, 1885 Very Good Condition - all 3 volumes. About this Item: "Animate Creations" 3 volume set "Animate Creations Illustrated: Popular Edition of Our Living World” a Natural History by Rev. J.G. Wood Vol I: Mammalia. 10 Color plates; 20 full-page b w illustrations and hundreds of b w text illustrations. Vol II: Birds. 10 Color plates; 20 full-page b w illustrations and hundreds of b w text illustrations. Vol III: Fishes, Reptiles C: 10 Color plates; 20 full-page b w illustrations and hundreds of b w text illustrations. A beautiful complete 3 volume set in very good condition, with 30 beautiful color lithograph plates, 60 full-page b w plates approximately 800 b w text illustrations from wood-engravings. Hardcover. These volumes are bound in leather on board with stamped covers, featuring gilt lettering to both covers and spines and edges. 3/4 leather over pebbled boards. Hardcover and spine decoration in gilt. All edges gilt. Illustrated with b w and full color plates. All plates are present. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. Some light wear on boards, edges and spines - some rubbing, bumped corners. Bindings are perfect and tight. Pages tight. No missing pages. Pages clean and only little age toned. All edges bright gold gilt. Set appears hardly read. Everything tight and crisp. But for little wear on covers, near perfect set. Folio, Approximately Measure 10" X 13". Very heavy.