Encyclopaedia of Aviculture, Volume 1.

Poole, Dorset:: Blandford Press, 1979.. Later Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth with gilt text and vignette; the top edge tint is blue; this is strictly a working copy; the binding is rubbed and shabby; the binding is sound, the text unmarked; a sturdy working copy with a Fair dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 4to (12 inches tall) . Indexes. Description: Color plates by J F van den Broecke and H J Slijper. Features a color frontis and thirteen additional color plates, plus many black and white plates and numerous in-text drawings. The publisher's blurb reads: ''This Encyclopedia provides a major work of reference which incorporates articles by leading aviculturists of the world. It is based on the original Dutch publication compiled by A Rutgers. The late Mr K A Norris was one of the editors of the original Dutch publication. The appearance in three volumes of the English editions is the result of extensive research and revision on his part, and he added additional descriptions and detail.'' This first volume contains introductory articles including a specially commissioned section by Christine Startup on diseases. It describes species from seventeen orders. Over 70 species are illustrated in color and there are 209 black and white photographs, with 330 line drawings. This English edition was first published in 1970; this is a later printing.