A book about birds.
Contributors: Pardon, Benjamin; Kronheim & Co.; Religious Tract Society (Great Britain); Key & Whiting
Publisher: The Religious Tract Society
Published: 1862
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Animals -- Juvenile literature.; Christian life -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Date based on British Library Public Catalogue and printer's dates.  Cf. Brown, Philip A. H. London publishers and printers,1982.

T.p. and text printed within thin black rule border.

All plates are unsigned and without imprints.

Plates are colour wood engravings produced using the "Baxter Process", with areas and lines that are printed with an intaglio metal plate.

According to Ruari McLean, the colour wood engraved plates are printed by Kronheim.  Cf. his notes at Massey College Library.

Small wood-engraved illustrations within the text are unsigned.

With the same setting of type, but without signature mark on p. 67, as the [1850] edition of this title published by the Religious Tract Society.  See McLean D 0103.

With the same setting of type as the [1851] edition of this title published by the Religious Tract Society.  See McLean D 0104.

MASS copy: Bound in maroon sand-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind; a.e.g.  Blocking in blind was also used on McLean D 0110.  Upper cover blocked in gold with central circular title design within a border made up of small illustrations similar to those within the text.  With binder's ticket: "Bound by  Key & Whiting  London.".  With presentation inscription dated 1870.  With ownership inscription dated 1935: "H. G. Guy.".