The Ornithologist s Guide to The Islands of Orkney and Shetland.

Dunn, Robert.

Verlag: 1st. Ed. Pub. by the Author. 1837

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pp.x, [2], 128 with lithographic plate and 2 folding maps. 8vo. With plate bound as frontis. Some foxing to plate and borders of maps, o/w. contents very clean and fine. Bound in original burgundy cloth boards, gently faded in places, with some wear to cloth on spine., o/w. vg. This book describes Hull taxidermist and natural history dealer Robert Dunn s visits to Orkney and Shetland in the years 1831-35, and includes a record of the birds he encountered. We no longer look on birds in the way that Dunn did - he was a serious collector of birds and their eggs. For the facsimile of this work, published by Peregrine Books (2007), Martin Limbert wrote that it is a window into those times, an essential reference for anyone, whether birder, naturalist, historian or island-goer, interested in the Northern Isles of seventeen decades ago . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 55028

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Titel: The Ornithologist s Guide to The Islands of ...

Verlag: 1st. Ed. Pub. by the Author. 1837

Einband: Hardcover