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Creator:
Tyrer, John
Title(s):
Taxidermy made easy : being plain and practical directions for preserving, setting up, & embellishing in the most approved style, all kinds of quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with notes and illustrations, designed for the use of private individuals, museums, etc.
Additional Title(s):
Cover title: Taxidermy, or, Bird stuffing made easy
Edition:
Second edition, enlarged.
Published/Created:
London : Published by James Gardner, 52, High Holborn, 1858.
Physical Description:
xii, 83, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 14 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
QL63 .T97 1858
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
First published in 1844 and written by John Tyrer, a taxidermist from Chatham, Kent.
Pages [v]-vi are repeated in the pagination.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary leather-textured green cloth, with printed title label on front cover. Signed: W.S.J. [?] 13. Includes "Entomological apparatus, Museum of Natural History, 52 High Holborn, London ...," [4] pages at end, not included in pagination.
Subject Terms:
Taxidermy.
Taxidermy.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1858.
Contributors:
Gardner, James (Naturalist), publisher.
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