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The Sportsman’s Handbook to Practical Collecting, Preserving, and Artistic Setting up of Trophies and Specimens to Which is Added a Synoptical Guide to the Hunting Grounds of the World

The Sportsman’s Handbook to Practical Collecting, Preserving, and Artistic Setting up of Trophies and Specimens to Which is Added a Synoptical Guide to the Hunting Grounds of the World

Rowland Ward

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Marcel Press
Año de edición:
2009
Materia
Historia
ISBN:
9781444607949
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This antique text constitutes a detailed handbook on the subject of taxidermy. A great book, full of timeless information and a plethora of detailed illustrations, ’The Sportsman’s Handbook’ will greatly appeal to the discerning taxidermist and constitutes a great addition to any collection of taxidermic literature. Chapters included herein are: ’General Observations for the Collector’, ’Process of Preservation’, ’Skinning and Preparing’, ’Insects’, ’Setting up - Large Game’, ’Setting up - Small Mammals’, ’Casting Fish’, ’Skin Dressing’, and ’Hunting Fields of the World’. This book was originally published in 1880 and is proudly republished here, complete with a new introduction to the subject.

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