A Familiar History of Birds: their Nature, Habits, and Instincts
by Edward Stanley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John W. Parker, 1835. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. A pocket-sized two volume set on birds profusely illustrated with engravings. A thorough and fascinating two volume work on ornithology. Contains chapters on the anatomy of birds, their flight, structure and classifications, before specialist chapters on the eagles and hawks, vultures, owls, ravens, penguins, water-birds, pinnipedes, ducks, palmipedes and longipennes.Written by Rev. Edward Stanley of Alderley (1779-1849), a rector and expert ornithologist with an interest in education and natural sciences.Profusely illustrated with engraved full plates and vignettes throughout, each volume with a full frontispiece illustration. In a full cloth binding. Externally very smart, some fading to the spine and bumping to the heads of both volumes. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume with inscriptions in pencil to the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound, pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 753R63
- Title
- A Familiar History of Birds: their Nature, Habits, and Instincts
- Author
- Edward Stanley
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John W. Parker
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1835
- Size
- 6.5" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- birds ornithology history of birds ornithology
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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