Taxidermy

Here are entered works on the preparation of animal mounts for exhibition. For works on the taxidermy of particular groups of animals, an additional subject entry is made under the name of the group of animals with the subdivision Collection and preservation, e.g. 1. Fishes -- Collection and preservation 2. Taxidermy.

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• Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation

• Taxidermy -- Early works to 1900
• Taxidermy -- Periodicals

• Taxidermy. (New York : Outing publishing company, 1913), by Leon Luther Pray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Taxidermy, by Leon L. Pray ... (New York, Outing publishing company, 1916), by Leon Luther Pray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to taxidermy, by Chas. K. Reed and Chester A. Reed ... Illustrated by drawings and photographs of mounted specimens by the authors and Mr. N. F. Stone. (Worcester, Mass., C. K. Reed, 1914), by Charles K. Reed (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art of taxidermy, by John Rowley ... Illustrated with twenty full-page plates and fifty-nine drawings in the text. (New York, D. Appleton and co., 1898), by John Rowley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Taxidermy. How to collect, skin, preserve and mount birds. The game and fish laws of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ... By B. H. Warren ... ([Harrisburg] C.M. Busch, state printer of Pennsylvania, 1896), by Benjamin Harry Warren (page images at HathiTrust)
• Taxidermy without a teacher, comprising a complete manual of instruction for preparing and preserving birds, animals and fishes ... by Walter P. Manton. Illustrated (Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C.T. Dillingham, 1882), by Walter Porter Manton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The taxidermist's manual; or, The art of collecting, preparing, and preserving objects of natural history ... By Captain Thomas Brown ... (London, Edinburgh, A. Fullarton & co.: New York, Fullarton, Macnab & co., [186-?]), by Thomas Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• The taxidermist's manual : or, the art of collecting, preparing, and preserving objects of natural history, designed for the use of travelers, conservators of museums and private collectors / by Captain Thomas Brown. (New York : G. P. Putnam's sons, 1881), by Thomas Brown (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ladies' manual of art : or, Profit and pastime : a self teacher in all branches of decorative art, embracing every variety of painting and drawing on china, glass, velvet, canvas, paper and wood. (Chicago : Donohue, Henneberry & Co., 1890), by M. A. & Company Donohue (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naturalist's guide in collecting and preserving objects of natural history. By C. J. Maynard. (Boston : C. J. Maynard and Company, 1887), by C. J. Maynard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The taxidermists' manual, giving full instructions in mounting and preserving birds, mammals, insects, fishes, reptiles, skeletons, eggs, &c. (Middleboro, Mass. : Sylvester, 1865), by S H. Sylvester (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States and the Antilles : in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824. With original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, &c. for cabinets of natural history / by Charles Waterton. (London : T. Fellowes, 1866), by Charles Waterton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbuch des Zubereitens und Aufbewahrens der Thiere aller Classen welche für Naturalienkabinette bestimmt sind, enthaltend die Methoden des Bürgers Nicolas, der Herren Schaumburg und Hoffmann. (Frankfurt am Main, d1802), by Karl Philipp Christian Stein (page images at HathiTrust)
• Taxidermie, oder, Die Lehre Thiere aller Klassen : am einfachsten und zweckmäaaigsten für Kabinette auszustopfen und aufzubewahren / praktisch bearbeitet von J. Fr. Naumann ... (Halle : Bei Hemmerde und Schwetschke, 1815), by Johann Friedrich Naumann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das conserviren von Thierbälgen (Ausstopfen von thieren aller Art) von Pflanzen und allen natur- und Kunstproducten, mit Ausschluss der Nahrungs- und genussmittel. (Wien, A. Hartleben, 1894), by Louis Edgar Andés (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A sportsman's taxidermy and a sportsman's photography. (Cincinnati, O., Sportsmen's Rev. Pub. Co., 1901), by L. H. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824; With original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history, by Charles Waterton. Including a memoir of the author by NormanMoore, M. D., with illustrations and a brief introduction by Charles Livingston Bull. (New York : Sturgis & Walton company, 1909), by Charles Waterton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1816, 1820, & 1824 / With original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, &c. for cabinets of natural history. (London : B. Fellowes, 1828), by Charles Waterton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methods in the art of taxidermy, (Columbus, Hann & Adair; [etc., etc.], 1894), by Oliver Davie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Taxidermy and zoological collecting. A complete handbook for the amateur taxidermist, collector, osteologist, museum-builder, sportsman, and traveller, by William T. Hornaday... With chapters on collecting, and preserving insects by W. J. Holland...Illustrated by Charles Bradford Hudson and other artists. 25 plates and 85 text illustrations. (New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1892), by William T. Hornaday (page images at HathiTrust)
• Taxidermy and zoological collecting : a complete handbook for the amateur taxidermist, collector, osteologist, museum-builder, sportsman, and traveller / by William T. Hornaday ; with chapters on collecting and preserving insects by W. J. Holland. (New York : Scribner, 1900), by William T. Hornaday (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nouveau manuel complet du naturaliste préparateur, ou L'art d'empailler les animaux, de conserver les végétaux et les minéraux, de préparer les piéces d'anatomie normale et pathologique; suivi d'un traité des embaumements. (Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, 1845), by Pierre Boitard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The taxidermist's manual; or, The art of collecting, preparing, and preserving objects of natural history, designed for the use of travelers, conservators of museums and private collectors, by Captain Thomas Browne .. (New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1875), by Thomas Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• Taxidermy and zoological collecting; a complete handbook for the amateur taxidermist, collector, osteologist, museum-builder, sportsman, and traveller, by William T. Hornaday ... With chapters on collecting and preserving insects, by W.J. Holland ... With 24 plates and 85 text illustrations. (New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1897), by William T. Hornaday (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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 / by Captain Thomas Brown. (London : A. Fullarton, 1870), by Thomas Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naturalist's guide in collecting and preserving objects of natural history, with a complete catalogue of the birds of eastern Massachusetts. By C. J. Maynard. With illus. by E. L. Weeks. (Salem, The Naturalists agency; Boston, Estes & Lauriat, 1877), by C. J. Maynard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Taxidermy: or, The art of collecting, preparing, and mounting objects of natural history. For the use of museums and travellers. (London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820), by R. Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
• The taxidermist's manual, or, The art of collecting, preparing, and preserving objects of natural history ... / by Captain Thomas Brown ... (Glasgow : A. Fullarton ... ; London : Simpkin, Marshall & Co. [and 1 other], 1840), by Thomas Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naturalist's guide in collecting and preserving objects of natural history, with a complete catalogue of the birds of the eastern Massachusetts. By C.J. Maynard. With illustrations by E.L. Weeks. (Boston, Fields, Osgood & co., 1870), by C. J. Maynard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naturalist's and traveller's companion; by John Coakley Lettsom, M.D. (London, C. Dilly, 1799), by John Coakley Lettsom (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824. With original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history. (London : Macmillan, 1879), by Charles Waterton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The taxidermist's manual; or, The art of collecting, preparing, and preserving objects of natural history ... By Captain Thomas Brown. (London, Edinburgh, Dublin, A. Fullarton & co., 1856), by Thomas Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• New uses of celluloid and similar material in taxidermy. (Chicago : [s.n.], 1925), by Leon L. Walters (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lessons on taxidermy; A comprehensive treatise on collecting and preserving all subjects of natural history. Book One - 8. (Omaha, Neb. : Northwestern School of Taxidermy, c1905), by J. W. Elwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Taxidermy, by Leon L. Pray ... (New York, The Macmillan co., 1923), by Leon Luther Pray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trails of the hunted, by James L. Clark ... (Boston, Little, Brown, and company, 1929), by James L. Clark (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trails of the hunted, by James L. Clark... (New York, Blue Ribbon Books, inc., [1932]), by James L. Clark (page images at HathiTrust)
• Artistic and scientific taxidermy and modelling; a manual of instruction in the methods of preserving and reproducing the correct form of all natural objects, including a chapter on the modelling of foliage, by Montagu Browne ... with 22 full-page illustrations and 11 illustrations in text. (London, A. and C. Black, 1896), by Montagu Browne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Taxidermist. (Akron, Ohio [etc.].) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Taxidermy : bibliography and biography / by William Swainson. (London : Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1840), by William Swainson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naturalist's guide in collecting and preserving objects of natural history, with a complete catalogue of the birds of the eastern Massachusetts. By C.J. Maynard. With illustrations by E.L. Weeks. (Boston, Fields, Osgood & co., 1870), by C. J. Maynard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Taxidermie, oder, Die Lehre Thiere aller Klassen ... auszustopfen und aufzubewahren / praktisch bearbeitet von J. Fr. Naumann. (Leipzig : Zentralantiquariat der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 1982), by Johann Friedrich Naumann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die praxis der naturgeschichte. Ein vollständiges lehrbuch ... Nach den neuesten erfahrungen bearbeitet ... (Weimar, B. F. Voigt, 1869-82), by Philipp Leopold Martin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Taxidermy, by Leon Luther Pray (Gutenberg ebook)
• Practical Taxidermy: A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy., by Montagu Browne (Gutenberg ebook)
• Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit: A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration, by Albert Burton Farnham (Gutenberg ebook)

• Traité pratique et théorique d'anatomie comparative : comprenant l'art de dissequer les animaux de toutes les classes et les moyens de conserver les pièces anatomiques / par Hercule Straus-Durckheim. (Paris : Mequignon-Marvis Fils, 1843), by Hercule Straus-Durckheim (page images at HathiTrust)

• Annual report of the Society of American Taxidermists. (Rochester, N.Y. : Daily Democrat & Chronicle Book & Job Print, 1881-), by Society of American Taxidermists (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Living treasure / with thirty-two illustrations by the author. (New York : Viking Press, 1941), by Ivan Terence Sanderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The voyager's companion, or Shell collector's pilot; with instructions and directions where to find the finest shells; also for preserving the skins of animals; and the best methods of catching and preserving insects ... By John Mawe ... (London, Printed for and sold by the author, and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825), by John Mawe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anleitung zum Sammeln, Konservieren und Verpacken von Tieren für das Zoologische museum in Berlin. (Berlin, gedruckt für das Zoologische museum in Berlin, 1907), by Zoologisches Museum in Berlin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Méthodes de récolte, de fixation et de conservation des invertébrés. (Arthropodes exceptés) Par Charles Gravier. (Paris, Masson et cie., 1901), by Charles Joseph Gravier (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The voyager's companion, or shell collector's pilot : with directions where to find the finest shells, for preserving the skins of animals, and the best methods of catching and preserving insects, etc., etc., etc. / by John Mawe. (London : Printed for and sold by the Author, and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, 1821), by John Mawe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instructions for collecting, rearing, and preserving British insects : also for collecting and preserving British crustacea & shells ... / by Abel Ingpen. (London : J. Bulcock, 1827), by Abel Ingpen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der jäger und forstmann als sammler und präparator. Praktische anleitung zum sammeln und konservieren von säugetieren, vögeln, käfern, schmetterlingen, vogeleiern, skeletten, geweihen und gehörnen. Von Ernst R. von Dombrowski. (Berlin, P. Paray, 1914), by Ernst Dombrowski (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The naturalist's guide in collecting and preserving objects of natural history. By C. J. Maynard. (Boston : C. J. Maynard and Company, 1887), by C. J. Maynard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dyr og mennesker; oplevelser og erfaringer af Carl Hagenbeck. Oversat af W. Dreyer ... (Køobenhavn og Kristiania, Gyldendal, 1911), by Carl Hagenbeck (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Von Tieren und Menschen : Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen / von Carl Hagenbeck. (Berlin : Vita deutsches Verlagshaus, c1909), by Carl Hagenbeck (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Kurze Anleîtung zum wissenschaftlichen Sammeln und zum Konservieren von Tieren. Von Professor Dr. Friedrich Dahl. Mit 268 Abbildungen im text. (Jena, G. Fischer, 1914), by Friedrich Dahl (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Beasts and men, being Carl Hagenbeck's experiences for half a century among wild animals; an abridged translation by Hugh S. R. Elliot and A. G. Thacker, A. R. C. S. (Lond.) With an introduction by P. Chalmers Mitchell ... (London, New York, Bombay, and Calcutta, Longmans, Green, and co., 1909), by Carl Hagenbeck (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der Naturaliensammler : das Anlegen und Aufbewahren von Naturaliensammlungen ; Wegweiser für Jung und Alt, für Laien, sowie für wissenschaftlich gebildete Naturfreunde zur Anlage von Sammlungen von Insekten, Conchylien, kleinen Wirbelthieren u.s.w., sowie zur Einrichtung von Aquarien, Vivarien u.s.w. / von H. v. Kiesenwetter und Th. Reibisch (Leipzig : O. Spamer, 1881), by H. von Kiesenwetter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Das sammeln erhalten und aufstellen der tiere; säugetiere, vögel, gliederfüsser, kriechtiere, lurche fische und niedere tiere nebst einer einleitung über sammeln und erhalten im allgemeinen, von E.E. Leonhardt und R. Schwarze. (Neudamm, J. Neumann, [1909]), by Em Erich Leonhardt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Directions for preparing specimens of mammals / by Gerrit S. Miller, jr. (Washington : U.S. Govt. print. off., 1932), by Gerrit Smith Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Harper's book for young naturalists; a guide to collecting and preparing specimens, with descriptions of the life, habits and haunts of birds, insects, plants, etc., by A. Hyatt Verrill. (New York, London, Harper & brothers, 1913), by A. Hyatt Verrill (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Taxidermy and zoological collecting : a complete handbook for the amateur taxidermist, collector, osteologist, museum-builder, sportsman, and traveller / by William T. Hornaday ; with chapters on collecting and preserving insects by W. J. Holland. (New York : Scribner, 1900), by William T. Hornaday (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nouveau manuel complet du naturaliste préparateur, ou L'art d'empailler les animaux, de conserver les végétaux et les minéraux, de préparer les piéces d'anatomie normale et pathologique; suivi d'un traité des embaumements. (Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, 1845), by Pierre Boitard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naturalist's guide in collecting and preserving objects of natural history, with a complete catalogue of the birds of eastern Massachusetts. By C. J. Maynard. With illus. by E. L. Weeks. (Salem, The Naturalists agency; Boston, Estes & Lauriat, 1877), by C. J. Maynard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Suggestions offered on the part of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool, to members of the mercantile marine, who may be desirous of using the advantages they enjoy for the promotion of science, in furtherance of zoology. (Liverpool, Printed for the Society, by T. Brakell, 1862), by Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool (page images at HathiTrust)
• The naturalist's guide in collecting and preserving objects of natural history, with a complete catalogue of the birds of the eastern Massachusetts. By C.J. Maynard. With illustrations by E.L. Weeks. (Boston, Fields, Osgood & co., 1870), by C. J. Maynard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The capture and preservation of small mammals for study, (New York, 1925), by Harold Elmer Anthony (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preservation of agricultural specimens in plastics / by G.R. Fessenden. (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1949), by George Russell Fessenden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbuch für Naturaliensammler. Eine Praxis der Naturgeschichte. Mit 12 Farbtafeln, 31 Tafeln nach Zeichnungen, und Photographien, sowie 465 Textabbildungen nach Zeichnungen, Photographien und Mikrophotographien des Verfassers. Von Dr. E. Bade. (Berlin, F. Pfenningstorff, [1913]), by E Bade (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Instructions for collecting and preserving various subjects of natural history : as quasrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, shells, corals, plants, &c. : together with a treatise on the management of insects in their several states; selected from the best authorities / by E. Donovan. (London, Rivington, 1805), by E. Donovan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Von tieren und menschen; erlebnisse und erfahrungen von Carl Hagenbeck. Neue wohlfeile ausg. textlich vermehrt. Mit 134 zum teil farbigen illustrationen. 31. bis 40. tausend. (Berlin, Vita deutsches verlagshaus, [c1909]), by Carl Hagenbeck (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der Naturalien-Sammler : Praktische Anleitung zum Sammeln, Präpariren, Konserviren organischer un unorganischer Naturkörper / verfasst von L. Eger ; mit 2 lithographirten Tafeln. (Wien : Faesy & Frick, 1876), by L. Eger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The collection and preservation of animal forms / by Morris Miller Wells. (Chicago : General Biological Supply House, 1932), by Morris Miller Wells (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methods of collecting and preserving various soft-bodied invertebrate animals. ([London : Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, 1902?]), by British Museum (Natural History) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The naturalist's guide in collecting and preserving objects of natural history, with a complete catalogue of the birds of the eastern Massachusetts. By C.J. Maynard. With illustrations by E.L. Weeks. (Boston, Fields, Osgood & co., 1870), by C. J. Maynard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Von Tieren und Menschen; Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen, von Carl Hagenbeck; mit 47 ganzseitigen Illustrationen und 101 Abbildungen im Text. (Berlin : Vita, deutsches Verlagshaus, [1908]), by Carl Hagenbeck (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The naturalist's guide for collecting and preserving subjects of natural history and botany : both in temperate and tropical countries, particularly shells : with descriptions of some that are highly valuable, and directions for packing the whole with security, and passing them at the Custom House / by William Swainson. (London : W. Wood, 1822), by William Swainson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on the decapod crustacea of the Albatross dredgings off the East coast of the United States in 1883. ([Washington, G.P.O., 1884]), by Sidney I. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Taxidermie, oder, Die Lehre Thiere aller Klassen ... auszustopfen und aufzubewahren / praktisch bearbeitet von J. Fr. Naumann. (Leipzig : Zentralantiquariat der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 1982), by Johann Friedrich Naumann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Instructions for collecting reptiles, batrachians, and fishes. ([London : Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, ld., 190-?]), by British Museum (Natural History) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anleitung alle arten natu̇rlicher cȯrper, als : sȧugthiere, vȯgel, amphibien, fische, pflanzen u. s. w. zu sammeln und aufzubewahren. Nebst einer anweisung, wie insekten in ihren verschiedenen verwandlungsepochen zu behandeln sind. Nach Donovan's instructions mit vielen abȧnderungen und zusȧtzen frey bearbeitet / von dr. Joh. Jacob Römer ... (Zurich : Orell, Gessner, Fu̇ssli und comp., 1797), by J. J. Römer (page images at HathiTrust)
• The methods employed at the Naples Zoological station for the preservation of marine animals. (Washington, Govt. print. off., 1899), by Salvatore Lo Bianco (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wegweiser zum sammeln und konservieren zoologischer objekte, von Dr. Alexander Sokolowsky. (Hamburg, F.W. Thaden, [1914]), by Alexander Sokolowsky (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The making of a scientist. (New York : Macmillan, 1937), by Raymond Lee Ditmars (page images at HathiTrust)

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