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The Illustated Book of Canaries and Cage Birds, a beautifully illustrated introductory guide with 56 chromolithographed plates
The Illustated Book of Canaries and Cage Birds, a beautifully illustrated introductory guide with 56 chromolithographed plates
The Illustated Book of Canaries and Cage Birds, a beautifully illustrated introductory guide with 56 chromolithographed plates
The Illustated Book of Canaries and Cage Birds, a beautifully illustrated introductory guide with 56 chromolithographed plates

BLAKSTON, W.A.; SWAYSLAND, W.; WIENER, August F.

The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage Birds, British and Foreign.

London, Cassell & Company Limited, [1877-1880].

$616.00
$616.00

The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage Birds, British and Foreign.

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A beautifully illustrated introductory guide to canaries and caged birds, with 56 chromolithographed plates after original designs by Joseph Ludlow (1840-1916) and William Rutledge.

4to (28.5 x 22.5 cm); 56 chromolithographed plates, numerous wood engravings, bookplate to front pastedown (endpapers renewed), occasional minor spotting; publisher's blue pictorial cloth, recased, upper cover lettered in gilt with canaries design, bevelled edges, spine darkened, edges slightly rubbed, otherwise a very good copy.

Nissen 92; Wood 242.

Stock code 111361

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The Illustated Book of Canaries and Cage Birds, a beautifully illustrated introductory guide with 56 chromolithographed plates

The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage Birds, British and Foreign.

$616.00
$616.00

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