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Graves, George, 1754-1839, The naturalist's pocket-book, or, Tourist's companion , 1818
- Title(s):
- The naturalist's pocket-book, or, Tourist's companion : being a brief introduction to the different branches of natural history, with approved methods for collecting and preserving the various productions of nature / by George Graves, F.L.S., author of British Ornithology, Ovarium Britannicum, and editor of The new edition of Curtis's Flora Londinensis.
- Additional Title(s):
Naturalist's pocket book
Tourist's companion- Published/Created:
- London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1818.
- Physical Description:
- viii, [8], 335, [1] p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsQH61 .G73 1818Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/8150185
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Reference book for the amateur collector with details on identifying, killing, stuffing and preserving all manner of creatures from slow worms to crocodiles.
Some of the plates signed: G.G. [i.e. George Graves] delt.
"W. & S. Graves, printers, 66, Cheapside, London."--P. 335.
BAC: British Art Center copy has bookplate of Rowland Hodgson, High Field near Sheffield. Bound in half calf with marbled boards. - Subject Terms:
- Collectors and collecting -- Amateurs' manuals.Collectors and collecting -- Great Britain.Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1818.Hodgson, Rowland -- Bookplate.Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown -- Publisher.Natural history -- Collectors and collecting -- Great Britain.Natural history -- Technique.Naturalists -- Great Britain.Naturalists -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.W. & S. Graves -- Printer.
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