The poultry book :. comprising the characteristics, management, breeding, and medical treatment of poultry; being the results of personal observation and the practice of the best breeders, including Captain W. W. Hornby, R.N.; Edward Bond, Esq.; Thomas Sturgeon, Esq.; Charles Punchard, Esq.; Edward Hewitt, Esq.; and others. By the Rev. W. Wingfield, ... [and] G. W. Johnson, Esq. ... With coloured representations of the most celebrated prize birds, drawn from life by Mr. Harrison Weir, and printed in colours under his superintendence.
Rev. William Wingfield
Category
Books
Date
1853
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 3243051
Summary
Bibliographic description
iv,[4],324, [2] p., plates. ill... 4to (27 cm). Binding: Publisher’s bookcloth, gold lettering and gold motif on front cover. Provenance:Inscription – “T C Agar Robartes 1855 from Mr Pow".
Makers and roles
Rev. William Wingfield George William Johnson (1802-1886) Harrison William Weir (Lewes 1824 - Devon 1906)