1864 The Illustrated Natural History

Description

Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Three volumes. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and hundreds of in-text engravings. A popular and anecdotal study of natural history, arranged in three volumes to explore birds, mammals, reptiles, fishes, molluscs, and insects. With more scientific portions found in the compendium of generic distinctions found at the end of each volume. Providing a systematic and accomplished study on the different species, habits, habitats, and life cycles of hundreds of different creatures. Offering plentiful references to the history of different species and comparisons of the characteristics of each genera. Written by Reverend John George Wood, an English writer who popularised natural history with his writings. He was well known as a parson-naturalist, giving up his curacy to write works about natural history. With illustrations from Wolf, Zwecker, Weir, Coleman, Wood, Neale, Harvey, and others. Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, a prolific wood-engraving business in Victorian London, founded in 1839 by George Dalziel and his brother Edward Dalziel.