The Naturalist's Guide in Collecting and Preserving Objects of Natural History, with a Complete Catalogue of the Birds of Eastern Massachusetts

S. E. Cassino & Co. publishers' 1883 Revised Edition of 1870 Field and Osgood & Co. original. Rippling to front cloth cover and scuffing/minor damage at top and bottom of cloth spine and corners, elsewise a clean, tight copy sans text and illustration markings. From the author's Introduction: "The great need of a good illustrated work to guide young naturalists in collecting and preserving objects of natural history has induced me to prepare the present Manual. In this attempt I hope I have been in some degree successful. I have spared no pains to bring together, in a comprehensive form, the results of many years of experience in collecting and preserving objects of natural history, both for private cabinets and for scientific museums." CONTENTS: Part I (6 Chapters): I. Collecting and Preserving Birds. II. Collecting and Preserving Mammals. III. Collecting and Preserving Insects for the Cabinet. IV. Collecting and Preserving Fishes and Reptiles. V. Miscellaneous Collections. VI. Collecting and Preserving Eggs. Part II: Catalogue of the Birds of Eastern Massachusetts: Introduction; Appendix; Index. Blue cloth boards with gold gilt and black lettering and black iilustration of a hawk and gold gilt number '3' in a black clam shell on front cover. Gold gilt lettering on spine. 204 pages. LG5.