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Wild sports of the world : a book of natural history and adventure / by James Greenwood ; with woodcuts from designs by Harden Melville and William Harvey ; coloured illustrations from water-colour drawings by J.B. Zwecker, Harrison Weir, and Harden Melville ; portraits of celebrated hunters from original photographs, and maps showing the habitats of animals and plants all over the world.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greenwood, James, 1832-1929, author.
- Series:
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hunters--Juvenile literature.
- Hunters.
- Hunting--Juvenile literature.
- Hunting.
- Adventure and adventurers--Juvenile literature.
- Adventure and adventurers.
- Big game animals--Juvenile literature.
- Big game animals.
- Animals--Juvenile literature.
- Animals.
- Natural history--Juvenile literature.
- Natural history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 426 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded)) : illustrations (some color), maps (some folded), portraits.
- Place of Publication:
- London : S.O. Beeton, 1862.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Illustrations engraved by W. Dickes and H. Newsom Woods.
- Portraits engraved from drawings by W.G. Miller.
- Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
- Local Notes:
- Scanned copy imperfect: page xxii, 1st count, mistakenly numbered xii.
- Contains:
- Melville, Harden Sidney, active 1837-1882, illustrator.
- Harvey, William, 1796-1866, illustrator.
- Zwecker, Johann Baptist, 1814-1876, illustrator.
- Weir, Harrison, 1824-1906, illustrator.
- Miller, W. G., illustrator.
- OCLC:
- 905319690
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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