The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage Birds, British and Foreign.

£450 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

A beautifully illustrated introductory guide to canaries and caged birds, with 56 chromolithographed plates after original designs by Joseph Ludlow (1840-1916) and William Rutledge. 4to (28.5 x 22.5 cm); 56 chromolithographed plates, numerous wood engravings, bookplate to front pastedown (endpapers renewed), occasional minor spotting; publisher's blue pictorial cloth, recased, upper cover lettered in gilt with canaries design, bevelled edges, spine darkened, edges slightly rubbed, otherwise a very good copy. Nissen 92; Wood 242.

• Binding: Hardcover

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