Practical Taxidermy - A Manual of Instruction To The Amateur In Collecting, Preserving, And Setting Up Natural History Specimens of All Kinds

A comprehensive manual on early taxidermy - first published in London in 1884 - this book is an introduction to a delightful art. Using the original text, woodcuts and engravings, it is divided into sixteen chapters: The Rise and Progress of Taxidermy, Decoying and Trapping Animals, Necessary Tools, Skinning and Preserving Birds, and more.