Wood, J. G. Natural History : with Four Hundred and Eighty Original Designs by William Harvey. London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1892. Nineteenth Edition. [11518]
Green cloth decorated in gilt, black, and olive, with an American Bison vignette on front; corner tips and spine ends frayed, 8 x 5 1/2 inches. Frontispiece chromolithograph of a bighorn sheep; another of a group of hummingbirds. The rest of the illustrations are b/w wood engravings. Good. Hardcover.
You will discover 480 wood engravings of different animals and birds by one of the most eminent engravers on wood in England during the 19th century. These are accompanied by descriptions of the animals and their habits written in an engaging style. This combination made the work very popular when first published in 1852 and it is worthy of a place on the shelf of anyone interested in birds & animals, the Victoria Era, or book illustration.
The illustrator: William Harvey (1796-1866), English illustrator who apprenticed under Thomas Bewick, who praised him highly. He became one of the leading wood engravers during the Victorian era.
Rev. John George Wood (1827-1889), b. London, England; d. Coventry, England. Rev. Wood was educated at Oxford University and was ordained in the Anglican Church, serving several parishes and chaplaincies. He became the best-known writer and lecturer on natural history of his time, and wrote many books and essays on the subject.
