The ornithology of Francis Willughby ... In three books. Wherein all the birds hitherto known ... are accurately described. The descriptions illustrated by ... LXXVIII copper plates. Tr. into English, and enl. with many additions throughout the whole work. To which are added, three considerable discourses, I. Of the art of fowling: with a description of several nets in two large copper plates. II. Of the ordering of singing birds. III. Of falconry. By John Ray ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willughby, Francis, 1635-1672.

Contributor:

Ray, John, 1627-1705, ed. and tr.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds.

Fowling--Early works to 1800.

Fowling.

Falconry--Early works to 1800.

Falconry.

Physical Description:

6 p.l., 441, [6] p. 80 pl. 37 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, Printed by A.C. for J. Martyn, 1678.

Notes:

Title in red and black.

Title page hand-tinted. First pages of Preface hand-written. Marginal notations throughout. Pages repaired with hand-written replacement of printed text. Corner repairs and pages tipped in with notation of missing drawings at end of volume.

OCLC:

823036