A practical encyclopedia of animals, birds and fish, reptiles and insects, both wild and domestic. It also provides an historic survey from the earliest records: when and how species were introduced and died out, and how they have flourished or declined. There are essays on the interaction with man, from outright exploitation to over-production. Social history, folklore and legend are included to give the most magisterial survey of Britain's fauna.
- ISBN10 0297825321
- ISBN13 9780297825326
- Publish Date 22 August 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 December 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 416
- Language English