[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. GOODRICH, S[amuel] G[riswold] (1793-1860). Illustrated Natural History of the Animal Kingdom. New York: J. C. Derby & N. C. Miller, 1865. 4tos. Profusely illustrated with 1,500 engravings. 680; 680 pp. Publisher's half brown pebbled morocco over brown pebbled cloth, boards lettered in gilt, spines ruled, in black and tooled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, all edges gilt, peach endleaves. EARLY EDITION OF THIS ENORMOUS ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO ANIMALS WRITTEN BY THIS FAMOUS CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHOR - WITH EARLY ILLUSTRATIONS OF DINOSAURS. Goodrich wrote articles and books for children under the pseudonym, Peter Parley. This massive work has early illustrations of dinosaurs (pp. 382-385) - Goodrich/Parley was the first to illustrate dinosaurs for American children, beginning in 1840. 

Spines sunned and worn, joints cracking, boards edgeworn, soiled, hinges starting, text and endleaves toned with occasional foxing, thumbsoiling, bookplates of the Shamokin Lyceum, and later pencil notes on both fps. Very good.