Author: Matthews Eaton, John
Title: A treatise on the art of breeding and managing tame, domesticated, foreign and fancy pigeons, carefully compild from the best authors, with observations and reflections, containing all that is necessary to be known of tame, domesticated, foreign and fancy pigeons, in health, disease, and their cures.
Description: London, Published for, and to be obtained of, the author, 1858. Publishers (?) blind tooled full calf binding with gilt title on spine and frontcover, all edges gilt, 200, 8, 11+1pp. and 18 full-page hand-coloured lithographs (including frontispiece). Ca. 21 x 13,5 cm."Dedicated to the young and inexperienced fanciër." At rear 12 pages with testimonials of the Press; very rare first edition! Top and tail of spine damaged and upperhinge weak; corners bumped; name and stamp on first free endpaper.

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