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 LXXVIII 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, fellow of the Royal Society.
Francis Willughby (1635 - 1672)
Category
Books
Date
1678
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3016670
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 53, [3], 55-271, [3], 273-441, [7] p., LXXVIII, [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; fol. Damp and mould staining at foot of leaves throughout. Ephemera: leaf from bookseller's catalogue ('P. H. Muir for Elkin Matthews Ltd.') loosely inserted at front, containing a list of books written by John Ray. Provenance: eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206), lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. William Windham II (1717-1761)]. Manuscript former shelfmark in pencil on verso of front free endpaper: "J.7" (altered from "K7"). With some manuscript marginalia in pencil throughout text indicating when a bird has been "examined" and then a cross put against the corresponding name in the index. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn onto five supports; single gilt fillet border; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gilt fillets and gilt title on brown calf label on spine. Orange marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Francis Willughby (1635 - 1672), author John Ray (1627-1705), author