Browne, Montagu

Practical Taxidermy: A Manual of Instruction to the Amateur in Collecting, Preserving, and Setting Up Natural History Specimens of All Kinds

L. Upcott Gill n.d. [1884] viii, 354, [2] + 12, [4]-ads, 4 plates, folding plan, 58 text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. gilt and black-stamped dec. cloth, patterned endpapers. Small light stain to top edge at rear, just extending to blank upper margin of last 50 pages. Very good, bright copy.. Second edition (first published 1884), undated reissue. Publisher's catalogue and advertisements to rear..

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Boeknummer: S55678

Catalogus: Zoology,Taxidermy

Trefwoorden: Natural History; Taxidermy

Browne, Montagu

Practical Taxidermy: A Manual of Instruction to the Amateur in Collecting, Preserving, and Setting up Natural History Specimens of all Kinds

The Bazaar [1878] 155, [5]-ads, 39 text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gilt tiger skin vignette to front board. Spine slightly faded, minor wear to extremities; light foxing to prelims. Vg. Bookplate of W.H.B Fletcher (1852-1941) to endpaper. Fletcher was a land owner and politician who also had a deep facination for natural history and in particular trees. He founded Hotham Park House and Marine Park Gardens in Bognor regis, both well known for their wide range of exotic tree species.. First edition, undated. Scarce.Freeman 539..

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Boeknummer: S55708

Catalogus: Zoology,Taxidermy

Trefwoorden: Decorative Binding; Natural History; Taxidermy

Echalaz, C.T.

Complete History of the Echalaz Collection

Printed by Roffey & Clark [1909] 325, portrait frontis, 24 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, slightly rubbed, gt, corners bumped. Patterned endpapers. Vg.. First edition. Scarce. A history of ornithological specimens, collected primarily from Britain, by Lieut.-Col. Charles Theodore Echalaz (1844-1913). The collection was gifted to the Urban District Council of Waterloo (Liverpool), who opened the Waterloo Museum, specially to house the tazidermy collection. The collection was struck by German bombs, targeted by theives, and nearly forgotten in a basement bellow the town hall when the collection fell out of favour. This 1909 book serves as a guide to the collection and the birds contained within, and is an invaluable guide to an important taxidermy collection.Mullens & Swann p. 191..

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Boeknummer: S55652

Catalogus: Zoology,Taxidermy

Trefwoorden: Birds; Ornithology; Mammals; Mammalogy; Museum collection

Morris, P.A.

A History of Taxidermy: art, science and bad taste

MPM Publishing 2012 [iv], 396, col + b/w photos. 280x210mm. PB. Signed by the author. Vg.. Revised reprint (first published In 2010). 'Taxidermy is a part of our social and natural history. The development, over 300 years, of mammal and bird taxidermy, including elephants and even humans, are reviewed, along with attempts to locate the oldest existing stuffed animals. The controversy regarding the use of arsenic as a preservative is assessed, with some surprises. Several chapters describe in detail how taxidermy businesses operated in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Their different styles of products, trade labels (including some poems from them!) and their major groups of customers, ranging from huntsmen to bird collectors, are described, with many quirky stories, historical snippets and wry comment. Although the main focus is principally on British taxidermists, the general picture also applies to contemporary taxidermists in Europe and the USA. A whole chapter is devoted to the special features of American taxidermy and how different it is from that of Europe. Frequent reference is also made to American taxidermists in other chapters and the Foreword is by Larry Blomquist, publisher of a major American taxidermy magazine. A review of taxidermy books published in Europe and the USA makes some revelations about who thought of what first. A final chapter on taxidermy today discusses and dissects the unsubstantiated complaints and ignorant criticisms made of this subject.'. [9780956487315]

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Boeknummer: S59139

Catalogus: Zoology,Taxidermy

Trefwoorden: Taxidermy