MARC Record from University of Toronto

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245 14 $aThe natural history of cage birds :$btheir management, habits, food, diseases, treatment, breeding and the methods of catching them /$cby J. M. Bechstein ...
246 13 $aBechstein's cage birds
250 $aA new edition.
260 $aLondon :$bGroombridge and Sons,$c[1868].
300 $a[4], vi, 311, [1] p., [11] leaves of plates :$bill., 6 col. plates, 5 plates (wood engravings) ;$c18 cm.
500 $aDate taken from British Library Public Catalogue.
500 $aColour wood-engraved plates and most wood-engraved illustrations within the text are unsigned. One is signed "Bonner".
500 $aColour plates are printed by Benjamin Fawcett. Cf. McLean, Ruari and Antonia. Benjamin Fawcett, 1988, p. 147.
500 $aColour plates include hand-colouring.
500 $aA new edition of "Cage and Chamber Birds" by J. M. Bechstein. Cf. British Library Public Catalogue.
500 $aIncludes "Author's Preface.", "Second Edition.", "Third Edition." and "Notice by the Translator.": p. [i]-vi.
500 $aIncludes "Index.": p. [307]-311.
500 $aPublisher's advertisement on p. [1] at end.
590 $aMASS copy: Bound in red-brown calico cloth blocked in gold, black and blind; a.e.g. Upper cover blocked in gold with illustration similar to those within the text. Spine with imprint: "Groombridge". With ownership inscription dated 1876: "Lewis MacAndrew".$5CaOTMC
650 0 $aCage birds
655 7 $aWood engravings$xSpecimens$zGreat Britain$y1868.$2gmgpc
655 7 $aWood engravings$xColor$xSpecimens$zGreat Britain$y1868.$2gmgpc
655 7 $aGold blocked bindings$xSpecimens$zGreat Britain$y1868.$2rbbin
655 7 $aPictorial cloth bindings$xSpecimens$zGreat Britain$y1868.$2rbbin
039 $aMcLean BF 21
041 1 $aeng$hger
100 $aBechstein, Johann Matthäus,$d1757-1822
949 $aMcLean D 0070$wASIS$c1$i5102236-1001$lRAREBOOKS$mMASSEY$rN$sY$tBOOK$u10/3/2004