Natural History of Birds; Containing a Familiar Survey of Feathered Creation, for the Amusement and Instruction of Youth
London: Printed by John Chappell (Successor to R. Harrild), No. 41, Haydon Square, Minories, n.d. [1840s?]. Paperback. hand-colored (later?) frontis, 14 partial-page woodcut illustrations (one for each bird). Wrapper. Plain contemporary stiff wrapper (original?). 14cm. Browning and soil around edges of wrapper. Contents sound and clean although one leaf is so closely trimmed (as bound) so closely around fore-edge that there is no margin. Scattered foxing. There were earlier editions published by Harrild as well as some American editions. OCLC lists two copies of this edition (at the Newberry and Morgan Libraries). Newbury guesses that this was published in the 1840s and Morgan the 1820s. The fourteen birds illustrated and described are eagle, vulture, falcon, pelican, heron, cock, hen, turkey, swan, goose, duck, peacock, partridge, and magpie. One odd assertion is that turkeys in America and in the East Indies generally weigh 50 pounds. [page 25]. Very Good. Item #69797
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