Practical Taxidermy - A Manua; of Instruction In Collecting,
Preserving, And Setting up Natural History Specimens of All Kinds,
With Accitional Instructions In Modelling And Artistic Taxidermy.
By Montague Browne, F.S.Z. Many of the earliest sporting books,
particularly those dating back to the 1800s, are now extremely
scarce and very expensive. Read Country Books are reprinting these
classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions. These
editions are republished using the original text and artwork. This
comprehensive manual on early taxidermy was published in London in
1884, and is much sought after by modern taxidermists for its
wealth of detail and historical content. The author was curator of
the Town Museum, Leicester, and considered to be one of England's
foremost taxidermists. He intended this book... "to be an
introduction to a delightful art, which must be wooed with patient
determination and loving pains until technical skill invests it
with beauty." Read Country Books has now re-published "Practical
Taxidermy" in its entirety, using the original text, woodcuts and
engravings. Its 368 pages are divided into sixteen detailed
chapters: - The Rise and Progress of Taxidermy. - Decoying and
Trapping Animals. - Necessary Tools. - Preservative Soaps, Powders,
etc. - Skinning and Preserving Birds. - Skinning and Preserving
Mammals. - Modelling of Animals by Substitution of Clay,
Composition, Plaster Casts, or Wax for Loose Stuffing. - Skinning,
Preserving, and Mounting Fish. - Skinning, Preserving and Mounting
Reptiles. - Dressing and Softening Skins or Fur as Leather. -
Relaxing and Cleaning Skins - "Making-Up" from Pieces. - Colouring
Bills and Feet of Birds, Bare Skin ofMammals, Fishes, etc. - Making
Skeletons of Animals. - Egg Collecting and Preserving. - Cases,
Mounts, Shields, Cabinets, Rockwork, Ferns, Grasses, Sea-Weeds etc,
for "Fitting-Up." - Artistic Mounting, Modelled Foliage Screens,
Lamps, Natural History Jewellery, etc. - Collecting and Preserving
Insects. - The Pictorial Arrangement of Museums. Etc. This
previously rare book will prove to be a valuable addition to the
library of all dedicated taxidermists.
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