Brown, Captain Thomas. The Taxidermist's Manual; or the art of collecting, preparing, and preserving objects of natural history ; designed for the use of travellers, conservators of museums, and private collectors. Sixteenth edition. xii, 150pp., half-title., 6 engraved plates, small woodcut on the verso of the half-title, and text diagrams. A good copy bound in original blind stamped and gilt lettered cloth. Old cup mark to the rear board, and some marginal foxing to the plates. Although running to many editions it is a scarce work, suggesting that the survival rate of volumes was very low. 8vo. A. Fullarton & Co. 1860.