This vintage text offers insights into the practice of the taxidermy of birds and was originally published as part of a series covering a broad range of taxidermy subjects. Written by various experts, each volume features a brief history of the practice and is extensively illustrated with instructional diagrams and photographs throughout. This fascinating edition focuses on the preparation, skinning, mounting and collecting of birds, and would be of interest to the amateur, enthusiast, and professional alike. The contents of Volume One include: Taxidermy - History of Taxidermy - How to Collect and Preserve Eggs and Nests - Skinning Birds - General Methods of Preparing and Mounting Birds - Collecting Skins of Large Birds - Mounting Large Birds - Collecting Skins of Small Birds - Mounting Small Birds - Preserving insects and Birds’ Eggs. We are republishing this classic work in a high quality, modern and affordable edition, featuring reproductions of the original artwork and a newly written introduction.

This vintage text offers insights into the practice of the taxidermy of small mammals and was originally published as part of a series covering a broad range of taxidermy subjects. Written by various experts, each volume features a brief history of the practice and is extensively illustrated with instructional diagrams and photographs throughout. This fascinating edition focuses on the preparation, skinning and mounting of small mammals, and would be of interest to the taxidermy amateur, enthusiast, and professional alike. The contents of Volume Five include: Taxidermy - History of Taxidermy - Small Animals - Skinning Small Animals - Treatment of the Skins of Small Mammals - Mounting Entire Small Fur Animals - Preparing and Mounting a Wildcat - Preparing and Mounting a Small Mammal - Mounting Squirrels - Mounting Small Mammals. We are republishing this classic work in a high quality, modern and affordable edition, featuring reproductions of the original artwork and a newly written introduction.

This vintage text offers insights into the practice of the taxidermy of mammal heads and was originally published as part of a series covering a broad range of taxidermy subjects. Written by various experts, each volume features a brief history of the practice and is extensively illustrated with instructional diagrams and photographs throughout. This fascinating edition focuses on the preparation, skinning and mounting of mammal heads, and would be of interest to the taxidermy amateur, enthusiast, and professional alike. The contents of Volume Seven include: Taxidermy - History - Skinning the Game Head - Preparing and Mounting a Deer Head - Mounting Horns and Antlers - Polishing and Mounting Horns - Mounting Mammal Heads as Trophies and Ornaments - Making Artificial Heads and Rockwood in Paper - Facial Expression and Mouth Modelling. We are republishing this classic work in a high quality, modern and affordable edition, featuring reproductions of the original artwork and a newly written introduction.

This book covers the physical care of botanical and zoological collections for scientific teaching and display purposes with emphasis on preservation for scientific value. A manual for curators and collections managers containing practical guidance, recommendations and advice across the whole field of natural history curation (excluding palaeontology). A wide range of international experts with hands-on experience of collections have been chosen to contribute chapters on the care and conservation of both dried and fluid-preserved collections of plant material, vertebrates and invertebrates. The emphasis is on remedial conservation, ie the employment of best practice to prevent or arrest the long-term deterioration of specimens to preserve their scientific and cultural worth. Special chapters will cover the fields of genetic material, pest control, the museum environment - policies and procedures, with appendices on such topics as documentation and disaster planning. *Practical manual containing guidance, recommendations and advice for natural history curation and conservation *Clearly presented, well illustrated, including colour photographs and extensive references *Multi-contributor work by the best in their respective fields