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THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF POULTRY 1890.

Revised Edition

 

FIFTY CHROMOLITHOGRAPH PLATES

PAINTED FROM LIFE BY J. W. LUDLOW

 

 

BY LEWIS WRIGHT

Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Lithographs

CASSELL PETTER & GALPIN:

LONDON, PARIS & NEW YORK.

"Perhaps the most famous British 19th - Century Illustrated book on poultry." Anker: Bird books and bird art 542.

  • WRIGHT, Lewis. The Illustrated Book of Poultry With Practical Schedulesfor Judging, Constructed from Actual Analysis of the Best Modern Decisions,... ; Cassell & Company, Revised Edition 1890. Royal 4to. Original green cloth, blocked in gilt and black with the gilt title on the. Upper cover surmounted by a polychrome roundel containing the head of a cockerel, the title itself surmounting a gilt vignette of a cock and a hen, spine similarly blocked in gilt and black, all edges thickly gilt; viii + 591pp.; with 50 superb high-tone chromolithographs by J.W. Ludlow of different poultry breeds in a landscape, processed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, and copious wood-engraved plates and illustrations throughout; a superb copy with only very light rubbing externally and infinitesimal spotting to outer margins. New edition with five prints not found in earlier editions. This can be seen as the pinnacle of chromolithographic illustration, with the rich gloss to these splendid plates being rarely found again.

  • ITEM # WRI1890

  • PRICE $1,200

A favorite of interior designers, these spectacular plates are all too often found on walls, rather than alongside the superb individual anecdotes and information to be found here. This is a rare opportunity to buy one of the best copies I have seen of this book - to be kept in one piece, in all its glory.

ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF POULTRY, LEWIS WRIGHT
ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF POULTRY, LEWIS WRIGHT
ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF POULTRY, LEWIS WRIGHT

INDEX TO CHROMOLITHOGRAPH PLATES 

  1. FRONT PAIR OF WYANDOTTES

  2. 209 BUFF COCHIN COCK

  3. 213 BUFF COCHIN HEN

  4. 217 PARTRIDGE COCHIN COCK

  5. 221 PARTRIDGE COCHIN HEN

  6. 225 WHITE COCHINS

  7. 263 AMERICAN LIGHT BRAHMAS

  8. 265 DARK BRAHMA COCKEREL

  9. 269 DARK BRAHMA PULLET

  10. 277 MALAYS

  11. 287 BLACK-BREASTED-RED GAME HEN

  12. 291 BROWN-BREASTED-RED GAME

  13. 293  DUCKWING GAME FOWLS

  14. 295 PILE GAME

  15. 301 HENNY GAME 

  16. 305 MALAY GAME COCK

  17. 317 ROSE-COMBED DORKING COCK

  18. 319 SINGLE COMBED DORKING HEN

  19. 325 SILVER-GREY DORKING HEN

  20. 329 WHITE DORKINGS

  21. 341 SPANISH CHICKENS

  22. 357 MINORCAS

  23. 359 ANDALUSIANS

  24. 365 SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURGHS

  25. 373 GOLDEN SPANGLED HAMBURGHS

  26. 383 SILVER PENCILLED HAMBURGHS

  27. 385 GOLDEN-PENCILLED HAMBURGHS

  28. 387 BLACK HAMBURGHS

  29. 395 SILVER SPANGLED POLISH

  30. 399 GOLDEN SPANGLED POLISH

  31. 403 WHITE CRESTED BLACK POLISH

  32. 411 PAIR OF HOUDANS

  33. 413 CREVE- COEURS

  34. 417 LA FLECHE

  35. 423 WHITE LEGHORNS

  36. 425 BROWN LEGHORNS

  37. 433 PLYMOUTH ROCKS

  38. 445 BLACK FRIZZLED FOWLS

  39. 459 PAIR OF SILKIES

  40. 463 SULTAN FOWLS

  41. 473 BANTAM CHICKENS

  42. 477 GOLD AND SILVER LACED BANTAMS

  43. 487 GAME BANTAMS

  44. 509 GUINEA FOWLS

  45. 517 WILD AMERICAN TURKEY COCK

  46. 535 AYLESBURY DUCKS

  47. 539 ROUEN DUCKS

  48. 545 BLACK EAST INDIA & CAYUGA DUCKS

  49. 549 CAROLINA & MANDARIN DUCKS

  50. 561 TOULOUSE GEESE

ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF POULTRY, LEWIS WRIGHT
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