Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit [Illustrated Edition]

2011 Reprint of 1916 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This is a classic and profusely illustrated guide for those who wish to prepare and mount animals birds fish reptiles etc. for home den or office decoration. Includes a history of the art as well as a description of materials requited formulas panels shields mounts skinning tanning cleaning and poisoning skins. Also includes chapters on mounting small animals and large ones as well as mounting heads fish reptiles frogs toads skulls etc. Over one-hundred illustrations describe the techniques discussed in the text.