`A NATURALIST`S LIFE STUDY IN THE ART OF TAXIDERMY` ROWLAND WARD
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"A NATURALIST'S LIFE STUDY IN THE ART OF TAXIDERMY" ROWLAND WARD, HARDCOVER, EXCELLENT CONDITION, 227 pp, Rowland Ward Publication, Second edition. 2002, (being a fine new facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1913).
Rowland Ward's own telling of the story of the famous firm of taxidermists, originally printed for private circulation. It is believed that as few as fifty copies of the first edition were produced. Chapters include; some random collections; progress and development of the business - Wardian furniture, famous domestic animals, the mounting of groups; interesting specimens and new discoveries - various specimens (1872-1894), elephants, antelopes, tigers, white rhinoceri, giraffes and okapis, various specimens (1895-1900); wardi; various specimens (1901-1912); some noted big-game sportsmen; author and publisher, scientific collections acquired, presentations to museums. This book contains 62 photographic & drawn illustrations in monochrome (taken from the first edition).
Rowland Ward was the founder of Rowland Ward Limited of Piccadilly, London, and specialized in taxidermy of big-game trophies. Rowland Ward was also publisher of natural history books and big-game hunting narratives. The most famous and enduring Rowland Ward book is the "Records of Big Game" series of books, which started in 1892, which contains measurements of game animals from all over the world and is the oldest such series of books in existence.
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