The naturalist in La Plata / by W. H. Hudson, C.M.Z.S. joint author of "Argentine Ornithology" ; with illustrations by J. Smit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), 1841-1922.

Contributor:

Smit, Joseph, 1836-1929.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zoology--Argentina.

Zoology.

Argentina.

Animal behavior.

Penn Provenance:

Bonnell, Henry H. (Henry Houston), 1859-1926 (autograph) (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

6 unnumbered pages, ix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 388 pages, 42 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Manufacture:

Clerkenwell, E.C. : Printed by Gilbert and Rivington, Ld., St John's House.

Place of Publication:

London : Chapman and Hall, Ld., 1892.

Notes:

With half-title.

"'The Naturalist in La Plata; Feb. 1892, 1000 copies printed. June 1892, 750 copies printed."

"The plan I have followed in this work has been to sift and arrange the facts I have gathered concerning the habits of the animals best known to me, preserving those only, which, in my judgment, appeared worth recording ..."--Preface.

Includes index.

Contains April 1892 "Catalogue of books published by Chapman & Hall Limited": 40 p. at end.

"Some opinions of the press on 'The Naturalist in La Plata': [2] p. at end.

Top edge gilt stained; other edges untrimmed.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has portrait of W. H. Hudson pasted on verso of preliminary p. [6].

Culture Class Collection copy has frontispiece plate misbound facing p. 1.

Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of Henry H. Bonnell.

OCLC:

1541050