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, taken from life, by William Harvey. And engraved on wood by Branston and Wright.

  • Bennett, Edward Turner, 1797-1836.
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1829
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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, taken from life, by William Harvey. And engraved on wood by Branston and Wright. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for R. Jennings; [etc., etc.], 1829.

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xviii, 241 pages : illustrations ; (8vo)

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In 1831 the collection of animals in the Tower was presented by the king to the Zoological society of London. cf. Peel, Zoological gardens of Europe, 1903, p. 180. Not in Proc. of Soc.

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