Memoirs of British quadrupeds illustrative principally of their habits of life, instincts, sagacity, and uses to mankind, arranged according to the system of Linnaeus. By the Rev. W. Bingley, ... With engravings from original drawings, executed chiefly by Samuel Howitt.
William Bingley (1774-1823)
Category
Books
Date
1809
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire
NT 3176533
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii, [8], 459, 70, [10] p : ill., plates ; 8vo. Bookseller's ticket on front pastedown: Coombs, bookseller, Worcester. Provenance: nineteenth-century round seal bookplate: "Thomas Bowater Vernon". Dated 1853. [i.e. Thomas Bowater Vernon (1832-1859)]. Binding: nineteenth-century maroon calf, with marbled paper over boards; marbled edges; gold tooled spines; four raised bands; gold lettered spine label.
Makers and roles
William Bingley (1774-1823) Carl von Linné (1707-1778) William Samuel Howitt (1756 – London 1822)