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 to their natures, are accurately described : the descriptions illustrated by most elegant figures, nearly resembling the live birds, engraven in LXXVII copper plates : 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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dc.contributor.author | Ray, John, 1627-1705. |
dc.contributor.author | Willughby, Francis, 1635-1672. Ornithologiae libri tres. English. |
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dc.date.created | 1678 |
dc.date.issued | 2005-12 |
dc.identifier | ota:A66534 |
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dc.subject.lcsh | Birds -- Early works to 1800. |
dc.subject.lcsh | Fowling -- Early works to 1800. |
dc.subject.lcsh | Falconry -- Early works to 1800. |
dc.title | 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 to their natures, are accurately described : the descriptions illustrated by most elegant figures, nearly resembling the live birds, engraven in LXXVII copper plates : 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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