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Parrots in captivity

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  • Description

    Greene's Parrots in Captivity is an authoritative and studious work of the time and is probably the original "how to" book on raising parrots in captivity. It is full of extensive notes on the feeding and successful rearing of each bird according to the philosophy of the day. The illustrations are very vivid, beautifully colored wood engravings and are among the finest of all the illustrations of parrots from this period.

    In the words of the author, this work was an "attempt in the direction of familiarizing the public with a most delightful class of birds".-- 'Fine Bird Books' 1990, page 103.

  • Place
    London, England, United Kingdom
  • Other Id

    QL696.P7 GRE (Library of Congress Call Number)

    60714 (Cat ID)

    129091 (DBTextworks system ID)

    56333 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    Parrots in captivity
  • Primary Maker

    F. Dutton

     William Greene

  • Contributor/Publisher
    George Bell and Sons
  • Place
    London, England, United Kingdom
  • Date
    1884-1887
  • Physical Description

    3 volumes : colour illustrations ; 26 cm

  • Collection
    Johannes C. Andersen Collection
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    3 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category

    Parrots

  • Provenance Details
    Ex-libris: Johannes C. Andersen.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Pets--Parrots--Early works; Rare books--19th century]

    New Zealand parrakeet: vol.II page 13-15; "Golden-crowned parrakeet of New Zealand": page 16-18; "Mountain parrot New Zealand": vol.III page 119-124"--Bagnall. Includes index. Digitised and available via the Internet Archive, see link in record.

  • Associated Notes

    https://archive.org/details/ParrotscaptivitIIIGree/page/i

  • Collection Type
    Reserve Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023

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