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FROST, H. A BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF I.A. VAN AMBURGH… New York: Printed by Samuel Booth, ca. 1855. Publisher’s yellow wraps illustrated with woodcuts. Woodcut frontispiece of Van Amburgh and the lions, profusion of woodcut illustrations accompanying the text. Small 4to. Wraps chipped around perimeter, a few dog-eared pages; very good.
The biography is supplemented by a descriptive “history of the animals” exhibited by Van Amburgh, including birds, elephants, horses, and Jocko the monkey, riding on the back of a galloping horse.