[Rarebooks] FS: 1850 American Cage Bird Fancier -Woodcut Illustrations

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: "The American Bird Fancier; considered with reference to the
breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of Cage and
House Birds; with remarks on their Diseases and Remedies; drawn from
authentic sources and personal observation"

By D.J. Browne.
Published in New York by C.M. Saxton in 1850.

DISCUSSION: An early American Victorian bird-keeping guide, with notes
about not only the type of birds we keep today, such as pigeons, canaries,
quail, finches and doves, but wild birds such as bobolinks, blackbirds,
catbirds, mockingbirds, robins, thrashers and thrushes. The illustrations
include not only birds but also several cages and an outdoor aviary.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 4.5”x7.5”, 107 pages, plus a 10-page catalog of
the publisher’s other books. Illustrated with wood engravings. Publisher’s
stamped cloth with a gilt vignette.

CONDITION NOTES: Covers with some slight soil and wear, endpapers lightly
spotted, a few internal spots. Front endpaper neatly removed.

PRICE: $125.00

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