Author: [MOORE (John)].
Title: A Treatise on Domestic Pigeons; Comprehending all the different species known in England; describing the Perfections and Imperfections of each, agreeable to the Improvement and great Perfection they are at this Time arrived at; together with the Method of Building and Furnishing a Lost, Area, Trap, &c. The Method of Breeding the most curious and valuable Sorts, as practised by the best Fanciers. The Generation of Pigeons in general, with a Philosophical Description and Progress of the Egg. With Observations and Remarks on their Diet. The Distempers they are chiefly subject to, and the Method of Curing them as practised with Success. The fraudulent Methods used in the Sale of bad Pigeons, clearly and fully demonstrated, &c. &c. &c. Carefully compiled from the best authors. To which is added, a most ample description of that celebrated and beautiful Pigeon called The Almond Tumbler. The whole calculated, as well for the Use of those Gentlemen who are Fanciers, as those who are utterly unacquainted with their Perfections and Properties, which are here set forth in the clearest Manner. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and cuts elegantly and accurately engraved from Life by the most able and eminent Artists, under the immediate Inspection of very experienced Fanciers
Description: London: Printed for and Sold by C. Barry..., P. Stevens..., A. Wesley..., and J. Walters..., 1765. 8vo, 193 x 128 mms., pp. xvi, 144, engraved frontispiece, 13 other engraved plates, contemporary sheepskin (very worn and wormed, or perhaps ravaged by a hungry pigeon), but joints firm. John Moore (d. 1737) published this work with the title Columbarium in 1735. William Bowyer printed 750 copies, but this apparent second edition was soon in print with a longer title and the addition of the engraved plates. Although ESTC and other sources attribute the work to John Moore, this is a different work. For example, on page 140, the author, writing about the pigeon called "The Mahomet" refers to "Mr. Moore, in his columbarium...." He adds that "Mahomet, the impostor prophet of the Turkish religion...is reputed...to converse frequently the holy spirit" with said pigeon.

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