Johns, C.A. — British Birds and Their Haunts
Prima edizione
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge London xxxii, 626, wood engravings to text. . HB. 8vo, cont. half morocco, slightly rubbed/worn, gilt to spine, top edge gilt. Very good.. First edition. Scarce. Illustrated throughout with numerous wood engravings drawn by Joseph Wolf and engraved by Josiah Wood Whymper. One of the most successful Victorian popular works on British ornithology, combining accurate natural history with accessible accounts of the habits, distribution, and nesting of British birds. The attractive wood-engraved illustrations contributed greatly to its popularity, and the work remained in print through numerous later editions..
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