PETTIGREW J. Bell - Animal movements, or walking, flying and swimming, together with a treatise on aeronautics. Translated from angie...

PETTIGREW J. Bell - Animal movements, or walking, flying and swimming, together with a treatise on aeronautics. Translated from the English by Prof. Dr. Nawrocki. Warsaw 1875, Nakł. Sp. Wyd. księgarzy, Druk. J. Berger. 16d, pp. [4], 340. psk. period binding.
Cover rubbed and slightly damaged, block slightly cracked, bibliot. sticker on title page, nevertheless overall condition good. Bibliot. stamp. Numerous woodcuts in the text. From the introduction: "The movement of animals, such as walking, swimming and flying, is a subject of constant preoccupation for those who see in creation evidence of the Creator's grace and providence. All animals, even the least perfect, are meant to fulfill a certain task, and the way in which they do so cannot be indifferent to us."