Wanderings In South America, The North-West Of The United States, And The Antilles, In The Years 1812,1816, 1820, & 1824 (UNCOMMON 1880 NEW EDITION, WITH NEW BIOGRAPHY AND EXPLANATORY INDEX, BY REV J G WOOD) [PROFESSIONALLY REBOUND]
by Waterton, Charles
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1880. Fine. New edition. Profusely illustrated with one hundred engravings. Charles Waterton, (1782-1865), was an English naturalist, traveller, explorer and taxidermist who invented his own method of taxidermy. Included in this fascinating account of his travels are chapters on preserving birds and taxidermy. Edited with new biography and explanatory dictionary/index by Rev J G Wood. Professionally rebound in red cloth with black leather title pieces on spine, lettered gilt, and new endpapers; else a fine copy of the 1880 new edition. NO inscriptions, underlining or highlighting.. New Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.
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- Greystone Books
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- 18976
- Title
- Wanderings In South America, The North-West Of The United States, And The Antilles, In The Years 1812,1816, 1820, & 1824 (UNCOMMON 1880 NEW EDITION, WITH NEW BIOGRAPHY AND EXPLANATORY INDEX, BY REV J G WOOD) [PROFESSIONALLY REBOUND]
- Author
- Waterton, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- Charles Waterton. United States. South America. The Antilles. West Indies. Naturalists. Natural History. Travel. Voyages. United States. South America. The Antilles. West Indies. Taxidermy. Ornithology. Travellers. Explorers. Nature. Reference. Science. N
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Travel; Natural History; Reference;
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