The ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the County of Warwick, Esq., fellow of the Royal Society : in three books : wherein all the birds hitherto known being reduced into a method sutable [sic] to their natures, are accurately described : the descriptions illustrated by most elegant figures, nearly resembling the live birds, engraven in LXXVIII copper plates
Description
| Uniform title | Willughby, Francis, 1635-1672. Ornithologiae libri tres. English |
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| Type of resource | text |
| Form | print; unmediated; volume |
| Extent | [12], 441, [7] pages, [2], LXXVIII leaves of plates : illustrations ; 37 cm |
| Place | London |
| Publisher | Printed by A.C. for John Martyn, printer to the Royal Society, at the Bell in St. Paul's Church-Yard |
| Publication date | MDCLXXVIII [1678] |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English; Latin |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Willughby, Francis, 1635-1672 | |
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| Associated with | Ray, John, 1627-1705 | |
| Associated with | Hernández, Francisco, 1517-1587 | |
| Printer | Clark, Andrew, -approximately 1678 | |
| Bookseller | Martyn, John, active 1649-1680 | |
| Engraver | Hove, Frederick Hendrick van, 1628?-1698 | |
| Engraver | Faithorne, William, 1616-1691 | |
| Engraver | Sherwin, William, active 1670-1710 | |
| Former owner | Farrington, John, Merchant |
Subjects
| Subject | Birds > Early works to 1800 |
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| Subject | Ornithology > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Fowling > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Falconry > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Birds |
| Subject | Birds |
| Subject | Falconry |
| Subject | Fowling |
| Subject | Ornithology |
| Subject | England > London > publication place |
| Genre | Text |
| Genre | Hand coloring. |
| Genre | Early works. |
| Genre | Engraving-england-london-1678. |
| Genre | Errata lists (printing)-england-london-1678. |
| Genre | Armorial bookplates (provenance)-farrington. |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | translated into English ; and enlarged with many additions throughout the whole work ; To which are added, three considerable discourses, 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 / by John Ray ... |
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| Note | Includes index. |
| Note | Title in red and black. |
| Note | Errata: p. [12], first count. |
| Note | "An Appendix to the history of birds ... taken out of Franc. Hernandez especially"--Page 385. |
| Note | Some plates are signed by either Hove, Faithorne or Sherwin. |
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| LCCN | 06014269 |
| Location | electronic resource |
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