Author: Booth, E.T.; Griffith, A.F.
Title: Catalogue of the Cases of Birds in the Dyke Road Museum, Brighton
Description: Brighton Library, Museums & Fine Art Committee 1927 xxvi, 290, [8]-ads, b/w portrait fronts, 29 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth-backed printed boards, minor wear. Good.. Giving a few descriptive notes, and the localities in which the specimens were found. With further notes by A.F. Griffith. Fifth edition. Scarce. Edward Thomas Booth's (1840-1890) collection of British Birds in the Dyke Road Museum (now the Booth Museum, Brighton) contained over 300 posed dioramas, which at the time was a novel way of displaying a natural history collection. The collection was originally private, until Booth's death in 1890, where the museum and collection was bequeathed to the town of Brighton. This edition also includes a history of the collction..
Keywords: Birds; Ornithology; Museum collection
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Title: Catalogue of the Cases of Birds in the Dyke Road Museum, Brighton
Description: Brighton Library, Museums & Fine Art Committee 1927 xxvi, 290, [8]-ads, b/w portrait fronts, 29 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth-backed printed boards, minor wear. Good.. Giving a few descriptive notes, and the localities in which the specimens were found. With further notes by A.F. Griffith. Fifth edition. Scarce. Edward Thomas Booth's (1840-1890) collection of British Birds in the Dyke Road Museum (now the Booth Museum, Brighton) contained over 300 posed dioramas, which at the time was a novel way of displaying a natural history collection. The collection was originally private, until Booth's death in 1890, where the museum and collection was bequeathed to the town of Brighton. This edition also includes a history of the collction..
Keywords: Birds; Ornithology; Museum collection
Price: GBP 45.00 = appr. US$ 64.26 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: S61443
- Book number: S61443
See more books from our catalog: Zoology,Birds