Illustrated Natural History - Rev. J.G. Wood - 1854 2nd Ed.

Illustrated Natural History 1854 2nd Ed. - Rev. J.G. Wood

John George Wood, or Rev J. G. Wood, (1827-1889), was a popular British writer on natural history. Wood was born in London, son of surgeon John Freeman Wood and Juliana Lisetta, and educated at home, at Ashbourne grammar school and Merton College, Oxford; also at Christ Church, where he worked for some time in the anatomical museum under Sir Henry Acland. In 1852 he became curate of the parish of St Thomas the Martyr, Oxford, and in 1854 was ordained priest; he also took up the post of chaplain to the Boatmen's Floating Chapel at Oxford. Among other benefices which he held was for a time chaplain to St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

In 1878 Wood settled in Upper Norwood, where he lived until his death. In 1854, he gave up his curacy to devote himself for a time to literary work.

After 1876 he devoted himself to the production of books and to delivering in all parts of the country lectures on zoology, which he illustrated by drawing on a black-board or on large sheets of white paper with coloured crayons. These "sketch lectures," as he called them, were very popular, and made his name widely known both in Great Britain and in the United States.

He was a very prolific writer on natural history, though rather as a populariser than as a scientific investigator, and was in this way very successful. For example, his book Common objects of the country sold 100,000 copies in a week..

I.    Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Attractive illustrated front & spine in white, brown, black and gold-colour on mid-green background; gilt titles on front board and spine.
II.    Mid-green buckram covered boards. Corners bumped, minimal shelf wear along edges though the spine ends are well worn, some marks on the rear board. Gilt titling on spine.
III.    Text block intact, contents are clean, clear and bright. Pages tanned. Bright red end sheets.
IV.    No Dust Jacket.
V.    With 480 B&W Original Designs by William Harvey. Page-edges age-darkened.
VI.    Published by George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., London,
VII.    Binding Condition: Very Good.
VIII.    Overall Condition: Very Good.
IX.    Size: Medium Octavo (8vo), 198 mm X 145 mm X 35 mm.
X.    444 pages.

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