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A history of British birds

documentary heritage
  • Other Name

    Morris's British birds (Alternate title)

  • Place
    London, England, United Kingdom
  • Other Id

    QL690.G7 MOR (Library of Congress Call Number)

    63885 (Cat ID)

    132390 (DBTextworks system ID)

    59852 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    A history of British birds
  • Other Name

    Morris's British birds (Alternate title)

  • Primary Maker

     Francis Morris

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Bell and Daldy
  • Place
    London, England, United Kingdom
  • Date
    1870
  • Production date notes
    MDCCCLXX
  • Physical Description

    6 volumes : colour illustrations ; 26 cm

  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    6 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Edition/State/Version
    Second edition
  • Subject Category

    Birds--Great Britain/Library of Congress subject headings

  • Public Access Text

    Includes index. Green cloth binding with raised blind design on front and back boards. Gilt birds on front board, featuring a different bird for each volume. Gilt floral decoration on spine. Spine title: Morris's British birds.

  • Associated Notes

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&profile=default&search=insource%3Aitemid.48324&fulltext=Search&searchToken=4afv26b2fdevdgtefw226lj8q

    https://archive.org/details/historyofbritish01morr

    Wikipedia Commons page of plates from History of British birds (accessed 8/6/2016)

    Volume 1 (published earlier by Groombridge and Sons) available to view online via Internet Archive (accessed 8/6/2016)

    Image of Red-necked Phalarope, from volume 6 - from Biodiversity Heritage Library, via Wikipedia Commons

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

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