A familiar history of birds : their nature, habits, and instincts / by the Rev. Edward Stanley, ... Two volumes, with engravings.
Edward Stanley (1779-1849) Bishop of Norwich
Category
Books
Date
1835
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3147057.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1, plates : ill. ; 16cm (8vo). Provenance: inscribed on pastedown "To his dear daughter Mary from the author. November 23 1835." [i.e. to Mary Stanley (1813-1879)]. With a couple of pencil markings and annotations, including references to birds at Alderley. Also inscribed "Stamford, Weybridge" [i.e. William Grey, 9th Earl of Stamford (1850-1910)]. Binding: publisher's green cloth, gold lettered on spine: Stanley on birds.
Makers and roles
Edward Stanley (1779-1849) Bishop of Norwich Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK)