Title
The 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
Title Variants
Alternative:
Willughby's ornithology
Uniform: Ornithologiae libri tres
By
Willughby, Francis, 1635-1672
Ray, John, 1627-1705
Faithorne, William, 1616-1691
, engraver.
Hove, Frederick Hendrick van, 1628?-1698
, engraver.
Hernández, Francisco, 1517-1587
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
London, Printed by A.C. for John Martyn, 1678
Notes
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.
Contents: (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., | p. 678
Subjects
Birds
,
Early works to 1800
,
Falconry
,
Fowling
Call Number
QL673 .W74
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.63683
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/06014269
OCLC:
823036
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