Observations on the Brumal Retreat of the Swallow. To which is annexed a copious index to many passages relating to this bird, in the works of ancient and modern authors. Third edition, corrected and enlarged.
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Seller: Mats Rehnström Rare Books SVAF, ILAB, Stockholm, SwedenMats Rehnström Rare Books SVAF, ILAB
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London, J. Moyes, 1813. 8vo. XIV,46 pp. Modern brown cloth with dark brown morocco label lettered in gilt. Half-title browned and foxed, with some spotting throughout. With a contemporary signature, "Thornhill". From the library of Gunnar Brusewitz. Third edition, first published in 1808 under the pseudonym "Philochelidon". Thomas Forster (1789-1860) was an English naturalist and astronomer. The present work was one of a number of works addressing the issue of migration, many, including the great Gilbert White, espousing the belief that swallows' disappearance over the winter was due to hibernation. Forster concludes, by and large, that "the swallow is a migratory bird, annually revisiting the same countries in common with other birds of passage" (p. 28). He cannot resist, however, adding a caveat: "it is not impossible that many individuals of each of the species may be concealed during winter near their summer haunts" (p. 29). Clearly the controversy was far from settled at the time of writing.…
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- Title
- Observations on the Brumal Retreat of the Swallow. To which is annexed a copious index to many passages relating to this bird, in the works of ancient and modern authors. Third edition, corrected and enlarged.
- Author
- FORSTER, THOMAS.
- Publication year
- 1813
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
Mats Rehnström Rare Books SVAF, ILAB
Stockholm, Sweden
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