Natural history of birds; containing a familiar survey of the feathered creation, for the amusement and instruction of youth
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Published by Printed for John Chappell c.1820, London, 1820
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40pp. With a hand-coloured woodcut frontispiece and 14 woodcut illustrations in the text. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Some marking and slight chipping to extremities. Internally clean and crisp. Apparently the 'Colored One Shilling' (as opposed to the 'Sixpence Plain') issue of this anonymous juvenile companion to British and foreign birds, the cuts for which have long, albeit erroneously, attributed to Thomas Bewick. 14 species are represented including the eagle, peacock, falcon, and pelican. Size: 12mo. Seller Inventory # AQ14912
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Title: Natural history of birds; containing a ...
Publisher: Printed for John Chappell c.1820, London
Publication Date: 1820
Binding: Soft cover
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Natural History of Birds; Containing a Familiar Survey of Feathered Creation, for the Amusement and Instruction of Youth
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Printed by John Chappell (Successor to R. Harrild), No. 41, Haydon Square, Minories, London, 1820
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Paperback
Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. hand-colored (later?) frontis, 14 partial-page woodcut illustrations (one for each bird). 40p. Wrapper. Plain contemporary stiff wrapper (original?). 14cm. Browning and soil around edges of later wrappper. Contents sound and clean although one leaf is so closely trimmed (as bound) so closely around fore-edge that there is no margin. Scattered foxing. There were earlier London editions published by Harrild and may have been some American editions. OCLC lists two undtaed copie rinted (published?) by Chappell (Univ. of Wisconsin and Morgan Library). The fourteen birds illustrated and described are eagle, vulture, falcon, pelican, heron, cock, hen, turkey, swan, goose, duck, peacock, partridge, and magpie. One odd assertion is that turkeys in America and in the East Indies generally weigh 50 pounds. [page 25]. Seller Inventory # 69797
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