Notes of Travel, a Vade Mecum

Date:
c1871
Reference:
GALTON/1/5/3
Part of:
Galton Papers
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Notes of Travel, a Vade Mecum. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Handwritten volume titled: "Notes of Travel. Traveller's Vade Mecum. Clothes, Tools, Natural History & General Stores & Apparatus", compiled by James Collins. 508 ff, bound in brown leather bearing the inscription "J C".



The volume consists of numerous published booklets, advertisements, clippings from published travel guides, photographs, illustrations, and cartes de visite, all bound and pasted together with handwritten notes from the following sources:

R B Marcy, The Prairie Traveller: A Handbook for Overland Expeditions

W B Lord, At Home in the Wilderness

G J Wolseley, The Soldier's Pocket Book

T Baines & W B Lord, Shifts of Camp Site

C A Gordon, The Soldier's Manual of Sanitation

Beeton, Birdsnests and Bird Stuffing

Gardner, Animal Stuffing

Francis Galton, The Art of Travel

Smithsonian Institute Hints to Travellers

Admiralty Manual

Steven, Directions in Natural History

H A Leveson [writing as "The Old Shekarry"], Wrinkles: or, hints to sportsmen and travellers on dress, equipment and camp life

Other books by H A Leveson [known as "Shek", "Shekarry"].



The volume has a page labelled "Contents" which is otherwise blank, and also features annotations referring to layout and printing options.

Publication/Creation

c1871

Physical description

1 volume plus enclosures

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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