Copy 2

Animals in menageries / By William Swainson.

  • Swainson, William, 1789-1855.
Date:
1838
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Animals in menageries / By William Swainson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SWAINSONIAN MUSEUM. Tue great object which the Author has had, for the last thirty years, in forming this Museum, was to trace and elucidate that system which it is his intention to develope in the Casrner or Naruran History. As his labours, therefore, in each department are brought before the Public, he wishes to be released of the subjects belong- ing to it, that so much of his time may not be absorbed in the constant care of a collection, now become, collect-~ ively, so large, as to require a separate building for its full display. The Quadrupeds and Birds having now been finished, these portions, with the exception of two or three families, may be acquired by any Public Insti- tution or private individual, either as a whole, or por- tions containing entire families. The Shells and Insects will be retained until the Volumes on these departments are finished. The purchase-money may be paid by in- stalments, or otherwise, as may be most convenient to the purchasers: and further particulars may be known by a letter addressed to the Author. Tyttenhanger Green, near St. Alban’s, Herts.