Harrison Weir on the Asil

Sat, 01 Jan 1853 00:00:00 +0000

date: 1853-01-01

Weir’s The Poultry Book — published in two lavish volumes between 1853 and 1854 — is the first major English-language monograph on the domestic fowl, and the source from which most Victorian and Edwardian breed standards ultimately derived. His chapter on the “Aseel” (his transliteration of Asil) is the earliest detailed Western description of the breed.

Weir on The Gamecock Codex

Harrison Weir on the Asil