Pheasants: Their Natural History And Practical Management..
Bound in original red cloth, gilt, front boards with gilt and blind stamped border, enclosing gilt block of pheasant. Bevelled edges. All edges gilt. A little wear to extremities, pine sunned and slight traces of foxing but otherwise a very good clean copy.
£85.00
Publisher
Horace Cox, The Field Office, 346, Strand.,
Place
London
Date
1881
Synopsis
By w. g. tegetmeier, f.z.s. second edition, greatly enlarged. illustrated with full-page engravings drawn from life by t. w. wood.
Item Description
4to. 10 x 12.5 inches. iv + [ii] + 142 pp. + [10] pp. advertisements.
Illustrations
Illustrated by 13 engraved plates, including frontispiece and by diagrams. Decorated by title page and endpiece vignettes and by initials.
Notes
First published as Pheasants for Coverts and Aviaries in 1873, this work had appeared in six editions by 1922. William Bernhardt Tegetmeier (1816-1912) was a distinguished naturalist with a special interest in domestic poultry. He was a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin and they collaborated in experiments on bees and pigeon breeding. A well-illustrated volume, handsomely bound.
[Stock No. 24433]
Subjects
19th Century • Birds • Illustrated • Natural History • Rural Pursuits