Wanderings in South America, by WATERTON, Charles - 1879

London: Macmillan and Co.,, 1879. the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824. With Original Instructions for the perfect preservation of Birds, etc. for Cabinets of Natural History. New Edition. Edited with Biographical Introduction and Explanatory Index, by the Rev. J. G. Wood. Octavo (184 × 120 mm). Contemporary green full calf, richly gilt spine, black label, two-line gilt border on sides, marbled edges and endpapers. 100 wood-engraved illustrations in the text. Some light abrasions to binding, scattered foxing. A handsomely bound copy. First edition edited by the natural historian and microscopist J. G. Wood. Charles Waterton (1782-1865) was a pioneering conservationist and his magnum opus was first published in quarto in 1825.