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Understanding 9/11The ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the county of Warwick, esq. ... : in three books : wherein all the birds hitherto known, being reduced into a method sutable [i.e. suitable] to their natures, are accurately described : the descriptions illustrated by most elegant figures, nearly resembling the live birds, engraven in LXXVIII copper plates
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statement of responsibility: translated into English, and enlarged with many additions throughout the whole work ; to which are added, three considerable discourses ... by John Ray
First published in Latin in 1676, under title: Ornithologiae libri tres
"The appendix, pp. 385-396 ... is here credited to Franc. Hernandez." --Zimmer
Signed engravers include: F.H. van Houe sculp.; W. Faithorne
Title in red and black, within double ruled border
Initials; side-notes
Signatures: A⁴ (a)² B-3L⁴
The following pages are blank: p. [54], p. [272], p. [384], and p. [1] (3rd group)
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Includes index
citation/reference: Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., p. 678
action: extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX
(From t.p.) I. Of the art of fowling: with a description of several nets in two large copper plates -- II. Of the ordering of singing birds -- III. Of falconry
Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib
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Autograph in ink at top of t.p.: John Smith
Smithsonian library stamp on verso of t.p
Smithsonian Institution National Museum embossed stamp on leaf A2 recto
Black buckram library binding, speckled edges; with binder's title: Willughby's ornithology
First published in Latin in 1676, under title: Ornithologiae libri tres
"The appendix, pp. 385-396 ... is here credited to Franc. Hernandez." --Zimmer
Signed engravers include: F.H. van Houe sculp.; W. Faithorne
Title in red and black, within double ruled border
Initials; side-notes
Signatures: A⁴ (a)² B-3L⁴
The following pages are blank: p. [54], p. [272], p. [384], and p. [1] (3rd group)
Errors in paging
Includes index
citation/reference: Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., p. 678
action: extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX
(From t.p.) I. Of the art of fowling: with a description of several nets in two large copper plates -- II. Of the ordering of singing birds -- III. Of falconry
Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib
extracted picklist
Autograph in ink at top of t.p.: John Smith
Smithsonian library stamp on verso of t.p
Smithsonian Institution National Museum embossed stamp on leaf A2 recto
Black buckram library binding, speckled edges; with binder's title: Willughby's ornithology
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