The Tower menagerie: . comprising the natural history of the animals contained in that establishment; with anecdotes of their characters and history. Illustrated by portraits of each, ... by William Harvey; ...
Edward Turner Bennett (1797-1836)
Category
Books
Date
1829
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3055681
Summary
Bibliographic description
xviii,241,[1]p. . ill.. . 8vo.. Provenance: Inscription on flyleaf: 'John Harpur Crewe ætat 5 his Book the Gift of his affectionate Uncle Edmund L Crewe / On his Birthday Novmbr 18th 1829' [i.e. gift to Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th baronet (1824-1886), from Edmund Lewis Crewe (1803-1874)]. Pencil signature below (childish hand): 'J H C / 11234'. Binding: Nineteenth-century quarter brown leather binding, mock vellum sides; title and date in gilt on spine.
Makers and roles
Edward Turner Bennett (1797-1836) William Harvey (1796-1866)