CINNAMON COCHIN HEN.

by TEGETMEIER -- COLOR WOOD-ENGRAVINGS) Weir, Harrison (illus)

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London.: Routledge.. Ca. 1870.. Color wood-engraving, image size 8 X 5.5 inches on sheet 11 X 7 inches. Very good. Single plate from W.B. Tegetmeier's "The Poultry Book". Striking image of prize poultry, depicted by Harrison Weir who "poured out a lifetime of devotion to English poultry" (Norris, Books on Poultry and Cock-Fighting). Color printing by Leighton Brothers. Leighton was a pupil of George Baxter and became the printer and publisher of the Illustrated London News between 1858 and 1885. .

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Title: CINNAMON COCHIN HEN.
Author: TEGETMEIER -- COLOR WOOD-ENGRAVINGS) Weir, Harrison (illus)
Book condition: Used
Publisher: Routledge.
Place: London.
Date published: Ca. 1870.
Keywords: chickens, color wood engraving, poultry, print, zzprintg
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