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 3248166.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1. vii, [1], 800 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 on flyleaf 'R. W. Blathwayt, from his grandmother L. Philips, 1860' [= Rev. Wynter Thomas Blathwayt (1824-1909)]; 'R W B' in pencil on endpapers. Binding: binder's ticket pasted in v.1 'bound by D. Chivers, 18 Green Street, Bath'; 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) Browne, J., fl. 1862. illustrator Coleman, W. S. 1829-1904. illustrator. (William Stephen) Harvey, William, 1796-1866. illustrator Neale, Edward, 1833-1904. illustrator Weir, Harrison, 1824-1906. illustrator West, Tuffen, illustrator Wolf, Joseph, 1820-1899. illustrator Wood, Thomas Waterman, 1823-1903. illustrator Zwecker, John Baptist, 1815-1875. illustrator Dalziel Brothers, wood engraver George Routledge & Sons Ltd R. Clay, Son and Taylor, printer