The illustrated natural history /. by J. G. Wood, M.A. F.L.S., author of "Anecdotes of animal life", "Common objects of the sea-shore and country", "My feathered friends", etc. etc. ; with new designs by Wolf, Zweckers, Weir, Coleman, Harvey, Neale, Tuffen West, etc. etc. ; engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
John George Wood (London 1827 - Coventry 1889)
Category
Books
Date
1860 - 1863
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3248166
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 vols. (vii, [1], 800 p.; [6], 786 p.; [6], 810 p.) :. ill. ;. 27 cm. Acquired by the National Trust with other former Dyrham books in April 2022. Preface (p.5) of v.1 detached. Provenance: ownership inscription in v.1 on flyleaf 'R. W. Blathwayt, from his grandmother L. Philips, 1860' [= Rev. Wynter Thomas Blathwayt (1824-1909)]; 'R W B' in pencil on endpapers of each volume. Binding: binder's ticket pasted in v.1 'bound by D. Chivers, 18 Green Street, Bath'; embossed stamp of same in v.2, 'David Chivers, Bookbinder, 20 Green Street, Bath'; half binding, green leather and marbled paper over boards; matching marbled edges; gold tooling to spine; brown leather spine label with title 'Wood's Natural History'; volume number and topic in gold directly on spine.
Makers and roles
John George Wood (London 1827 - Coventry 1889) J. Browne (fl.1862) William Stephen Coleman (Horsham 1829 - London 1904) William Harvey (1796 - 1866) Edward Neale (1833 - 1904) Harrison William Weir (Lewes 1824 - Appledore 1906) Tuffen West (Brighouse 1823 - Frensham 1891) Joseph Wolf (1820 - 1899) T. W. Wood (1839 - c.1910) Johann Baptist Zwecker (1814 - 1876) Dalziel Brothers, wood engraver George Routledge & Sons Ltd R. Clay, Son and Taylor, printer