Birds, Their Cages and their Keep: Being a Practical Manual of Bird-Keeping and Bird-Rearing

K. A. Buist

Published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1874

About this Item

A charming example of this very scarce Victorian era guide to 'bird-keeping and bird-rearing', illustrated throughout. A very scarce first edition in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.Illustrated with a chromolithographic frontispiece, and with six monochrome engraved plates. Collated, complete.K. A. Buist discusses birds and their cages, with chapters dedicated to cleanliness, food, illness, breeding, and general health. With further focus on bird taming, performing birds, varieties of canaries, and 'hints on foreign birds'.With a thirty-four page publisher's catalogue to the rear, dated September 1874.Lacking half title.A delightful Victorian era guide to the keeping of pet birds. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd light handling mark or instance of spotting. Lacking half title. Very Good. Seller Inventory # 922F28

Bibliographic Details

Title: Birds, Their Cages and their Keep: Being a ...

Publisher: Macmillan and Co, London

Publication Date: 1874

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: Not Stated

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book