Large 8vo. vii + [1] + 388p of text + 40p publisher s list. 4 plates including frontispiece and 22 attractive textual illustrations (one repeated as a title illustration, another on the cover). Publisher s green pictorial buckram; spine blocked in gilt; tips of corners worn. First edition of this classic on the fauna of the pampa. Described and illustrated are a variety of birds (crested screamer, woodhewers, white-winged mocking birds, hummingbirds, spur-winged lap wings, Jacanas, Ypecaha Rails), guanaco, puma, armadillo, horses and cattle, rodents (coyp�, viscachas), frogs, and dragonflies; the author discusses mosquito and parasite problems, animal weapons, as well as music and dance. Hudson (1841-1922), an Anglo-Argentine naturalist, born at Quilmes near Buenos Aires, travelled to England in 1869 to establish a reputation as a writer. He became something of a cult figure in Edwardian England because of his passionate concern for nature and for the protection of wildlife. Casey Wood 393 ('charming work'); Hilton 4835; Payne A 5a; Wilson 6. Seller Inventory # ABE-1500508832729

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Title: The Naturalist in La Plata.

Publisher: London, Chapman & Hall, 1892.

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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