Book about Animals [Illustrated, With ATOC]

An antique introduction of exotic animals, such as the opossum,

the ourang outang or the polar bear.

This book include original drawings.

"...THE OPOSSUM

The Opossum is an American animal, having a head like the fox, and large eyes. The head is mostly white, and the body is covered with long black-and-white hairs. He climbs up trees with great facility, hides himself in the leaves to catch birds, or hangs himself by the tail from a branch. It seeks its food in the night, and lives on fruit, in...