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Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit

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Nature, Gardens & Animals

Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit

Albert Burton Farnham

147 pages~2 hr 56 min read73 chapters$4.99
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A well-mounted bird or beast can hold its lifelike pose for a century. Albert Farnham teaches home taxidermy from the first tools to the finished specimen, covering materials, method, and the craft's long history. Practical, encouraging instruction for the amateur naturalist and hunter. For anyone who wants to preserve the creatures they study or collect. Learn the patient art of mounting nature's own forms.

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73 chapters

  1. 1Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit
  2. 2A Guide for those who wish to prepare and mount animals, birds, fish, reptiles, etc., for home, den, or office decoration
  3. 3Published by A. R. HARDING, Publisher Columbus, Ohio
  4. 4CONTENTS
  5. 5List of Illustrations
  6. 6INTRODUCTION
  7. 7Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit
  8. 8CHAPTER I.
  9. 9HISTORY.
  10. 10CHAPTER II.
  11. 11OUTFIT—TOOLS AND MATERIALS.
  12. 12CHAPTER III.
  13. 13PRESERVATIVE PREPARATIONS, FORMULAS, ETC.
  14. 14CHAPTER IV.
  15. 15PANELS, SHIELDS AND NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL MOUNTS.
  16. 16CHAPTER V.
  17. 17FIELD WORK, COLLECTING.
  18. 18CHAPTER VI.

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