Practical Taxidermy, and Home Decoration: Together With General Information for Sportsmen (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Good books on Taxidermy are not so common that I need hesitate to venture into print with a few directions of my own, written from practice and experience and in so doing I may remark that, with careful observance of instructions given, the student can make the art both a profitable and a delightful recreation.
The mere skinning and stuffing of a specimen is but a small portion of the Taxidermist's real work or pleasure. The hand must be turned to the making of cases, and the eye trained to the blending of colors. Taste must be cultivated and exhibited in modelling and molding, and Nature's beauties should be imitated as closely as pos sible. Artificial rocks can be made to look as natural as the moss-grown specimens in the woods, and trees can be formed as graceful as those in their native forests.
With the growing fondness for Taxidermy, many la dies are endeavoring to master the art, and in the variety of work necessary to perfect it, feminine taste and skill can be brought effectively into play. The collector can learn to mount his own specimens, the schoolboy his game, and in the general household, a buck's head in the dining-room, or a bright oriole in the parlor, presents a pleasing contrast to other ornaments. J. H. B.
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Good books on Taxidermy are not so common that I need hesitate to venture into print with a few directions of my own, written from practice and experience and in so doing I may remark that, with careful observance of instructions given, the student can make the art both a profitable and a delightful recreation.
The mere skinning and stuffing of a specimen is but a small portion of the Taxidermist's real work or pleasure. The hand must be turned to the making of cases, and the eye trained to the blending of colors. Taste must be cultivated and exhibited in modelling and molding, and Nature's beauties should be imitated as closely as pos sible. Artificial rocks can be made to look as natural as the moss-grown specimens in the woods, and trees can be formed as graceful as those in their native forests.
With the growing fondness for Taxidermy, many la dies are endeavoring to master the art, and in the variety of work necessary to perfect it, feminine taste and skill can be brought effectively into play. The collector can learn to mount his own specimens, the schoolboy his game, and in the general household, a buck's head in the dining-room, or a bright oriole in the parlor, presents a pleasing contrast to other ornaments. J. H. B.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2018
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- Number of pages208
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