The Illustrated Book of Poultry (1890): Lewis Wright

This edition is a complete facsimile of the 1890 "New Edition, Revised Throughout" of The Illustrated Book of Poultry by Lewis Wright, published by Cassell & Company of London — the most celebrated poultry book of the Victorian era, revised by Wright nearly two decades after its first appearance.

All 50 chromolithograph plates are included: the famous breed portraits painted by J. W. Ludlow, whose "fancier's portraits" set the standard for poultry illustration and influenced every artist who followed. The plates depict Cochins, Brahmas, Langshans, Malays, Game fowl in five varieties, Dorkings, Spanish, Minorcas, Andalusians, Hamburghs, Polish, Houdans, Crèvecœurs, La Flèche, Leghorns, Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Silkies, Sultans, Bantams, Guinea Fowl, the American Wild Turkey, Aylesbury and Rouen ducks, Toulouse geese, and more, supported by over one hundred wood engravings of housing plans, incubators, feather details, and equipment.

Across thirty-nine chapters Wright covers houses and accommodation, feeding, eggs and incubation, artificial hatching, chicken management, fattening, diseases, and buying and selling, followed by breed-by-breed chapters treating history, breeding points, and Wright's distinctive judging schedules — constructed, as the title page notes, from actual analysis of show awards rather than theory.

An essential reference for poultry fanciers, heritage-breed enthusiasts, and collectors of Victorian natural history and agricultural literature.

616 pages. 8" x 10". Black and white. Paperback.

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