The breeds of the domestic animals of the British Islands / described by David Low ... ; and illustrated with plates, from drawings by Mr. W. Nicholson, R.S.A. ; reduced from a series of portraits from life, executed for the Agricultural Museum of the University of Edinburgh, by Mr. W. Shiels, R.S.A. ; in two volumes.
Published / Created:
London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842.
Physical Description:
2 v. : col. ill. ; 44 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
With 56 lithographs by Thomas Fairland; after William Nicholson, from paintings by William Shiels.
Contents:
V. 1. The horse, and the ox -- v. 2. The sheep, the goat, and the hog.
Subject Terms:
Domestic animals -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Livestock -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Animals in art. | Horses in art. | Cows in art. | Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans -- Publisher. | Hayday, James -- 1796–1872 -- Bookbinder. | Marshall, Henry B. -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1842.
Contributors:
Nicholson, William, 1781–1844, ill. | Shiels, William, 1783–1857, ill. | Fairland, Thomas, 1804–1852, lithographer.