"The Horses Of Antiquity, Middle Ages, And Renaissance, From the Earliest Monuments down to the XVIth Century." By Ph. Charles Berjeau, published by Dulau & Co. 37 Soho Square, London, 1864. The printer is named on the t.p. verso: 'London: Printed by Strangeways & Walden, 28 Castle Street, Leicester Square'. [Reference: Royal Academy Collection, London: Book. Record number: 05/3041]

Contemporary white cloth-covered boards [soiling, creases, wear: see photos], the front cover printed with the title and imprint as on the title page (but without date); no inscriptions on spine; 8.3/4" x 11.3/4"; the List of Plates in two languages [English & French]; 11 page introduction, 60 numbered plates printed on one side only [blank versos]. All listed plates are present. The plates are outline drawings signed as drawn by Berjeau [signed in plate], pl. 46, 57, 59 are unsigned. All are captioned in English. One (pl. 2) is printed in color. A little soiling, very good condition.

Philibert Charles Berjeau (1845-1927) was a natural history illustrator and lithographer, active in London in the late Victorian era. His subjects varied widely, including mammals, reptiles and especially birds, as well as fossils.

Berjeau's father was an author, editor and engraver. He followed in his father's footsteps with a skill in engraving. He started to publish his own engravings at an early age (about 17) with a book of drawings of dogs (1863), soon followed by another on horses (1864). In 1866, he collaborated with his father on Beggars, Rogues, and Vagabonds: he made the drawings and his father engraved them.

Philibert Charles Berjeau made illustrations for the British Museum of Natural History, and for the journal of the Geological Society of London. He made a sketch of the Sumatran rhinoceros which gave birth in Charles William Rice's stables on Commercial Road in December 1872. He worked as an illustrator for Robert Falcon Scott's S.S. Discovery expedition of 1901-1904, and the National Arctic Expedition of 1907-1912.

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