EVANS, Vety.-Capt. G. H. A Treatise on Elephants. Their Treatment in Health and Disease. Rangoon, Authority, Government Printing Burma, 1901.
8vo. Later dark brown half morocco over brick cloth; raised bands on spine with lettering and ornamentation in gilt; marbled endpapers; pp. [ii], 5, iii, 262, [17], vii; with 4 photographic plates, and 17 plates after drawings; with a tipped-in printed note from the author at the start of chapter 1; Royal Asiatic Society stamp to title-page, overstamped as 'Sold'; even light discolouration to paper-stock; a few light spots to outer edge; unobtrusive pencil inscriptions; a very good copy on this rare work of a practical guide to elephant health.
Third edition. Evans notes in the Preface that this text is a revision of the earlier work on elephants originally written by Mr J. Slymm, Deputy Conservator of Forests in Burma. The text moves from detailing general information about elephants and their habits, into specific diseases and parasites that can infect them, with a number of remedies and treatments for such ailments. The tipped-in slip makes an appeal to readers of the guide, asking 'to assist by kindly favouring with careful notes on cases, specimens of parasites, &c., in order that, should it be found desirable to bring out another edition, it may be more complete.'
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