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Title(s)
Curiosities of ornithology : with beautifully-coloured illustrations / from drawings by T.W. Wood, and other eminent artists.
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Published/Created
London : Groombridge and Sons, [1871]
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Physical Description
64 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
QL676 C87 Copy 1
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Rare Books and Manuscripts
QL676 C87 copy 2
Accessible in the Study Room [Request] -
Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Color plates possibly engraved and printed by Benjamin Fawcett (he printed the plates to the companion vol. Curiosities of Entomology).
British Art Center has 2 copies in variant trade bindings. Copy 1 is printed by Simmons and Botten and copy 2 by R. Barrett and Sons.
Copy 1 is bound in gold- and black-stamped blue cloth. Copy 2 is bound in gold- and black-stamped red cloth, with a different design.
Date from NUC pre-56, BM, and Eng. cat. of books. -
Subject Terms
Barrett (R.) and Sons -- Printer. | Birds. | Fawcett, Benjamin, 1808–1893 -- Printer. | Groombridge and Sons -- Publisher. | Jackson, Miss -- Pres. insc. to Miss King, 1874. | King, Miss -- Pres. insc. from Miss Jackson, 1874. | Simmons and Botten -- Printer.
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