A Naturalist`s Life Study In the Art of Taxidermy - by Rowland Ward, F.S.Z.

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.

Rowland Ward, whose shop on Piccadilly was nicknamed "The Jungle," was the greatest taxidermist of his day, and a friend to most of the foremost explorers. He was, in addition, a publisher of books on travel and hunting; many of the classic accounts came out under his imprint.

James Rowland Ward (18481912) was a British taxidermist and founder of the firm Rowland Ward Limited of Piccadilly, London. The company specialised in and was renowned for its taxidermy work on birds and big-game trophies, but it did other types of work as well. In creating many practical items from antlers, feathers, feet, skins, and tusks, the Rowland Ward company made fashionable items (sometimes known as Wardian furniture) from animal parts, such as zebra-hoof inkwells, antler furniture, and elephant-feet umbrella stands.
Rowland Ward was also a well-known publisher of natural history books and big-game hunting narratives. The most famous and enduring Rowland Ward Ltd. product is the Records of Big Game series of books, which started in 1892 and is now in its twenty-ninth edition (2014). These books contain measurements of game animals from all over the world and is the oldest such series of books in existence.  - From Wikipedia
 
    Hard Cover. Condition: New. Still warpped in its original plastic. Never been opened.
    Brown cloth with tipped-on title-plate. Gilt titling on spine.
    B/W photographs and sketches throughout.
    No Dust Jacket.
    Published by Rowland Ward, LTD of London, in 1913 for Private Circulation.
    This second edition published by Rowland Ward Publications, JHB, ZA, 2002.
    Binding Condition: Fine.
    Overall Condition: New Book.
    Size: Imperial Octavo, 281 mm X 221 mm X 19 mm.
    227 pages.
    ISBN-13: 0958459010

A fine new facsimile of the first edition. A rare and fascinating read.

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