Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824, with Original Instructions for the Perfect Preservation of Birds, &c. for Cabinets of Natural History
by Waterton, Charles
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- Hardcover
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Midhurst, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: B. Fellowes, 1839. Hardcover. Fourth Edition. 1839 printing. Small 8vo. Original cloth with blind-stamped lozenge designs to front and rear. Gilt titled spine. 307 pp. B/w frontispiece illustration from engraving (depicting head of Waterton's "Nondescript" ape-man taxidermy hoax). Textblock clean and bright throughout and binding sound. Early owner's printed name-plate to front pastedown, and a small 20th C. inscription to ffep. VG
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- Bookseller
- Wheeler's Bookshop
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- 018062
- Title
- Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824, with Original Instructions for the Perfect Preservation of Birds, &c. for Cabinets of Natural History
- Author
- Waterton, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- B. Fellowes
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1839
- Keywords
- neweststock
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