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Hunting dogs snapping at the heels of a wolf in the last stages of a chase. Etching by W-S Howitt, ca 1797, after himself.
Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822.Date: 1 July 1797Reference: 39948i- Books
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The huntsman. Containing the best methods ofsport, for coursing with greyhounds, and hunting all kinds of chasesin England, viz. The Hart. Buck, Rain Deer,Hare, Wild Rabbit, Ferrit, Fox, Badger, Otter, Squirrel, Marten, Andwild Cat. Together with Many Curious Particulars relative to Theseanimals, and the Manner of Killing them. Likewise, thehuntsman's terms of art; and A Fullaccount of the Dogs in Use; Their usual Names, Training, Feeding, Preservation from Diseases, and other Things necessary to be known concerning them. To which are Added, The Modes of Hunting Some Particular Foreign Beasts of Sport; Namely, the Wolf, Bear, Wild Boar, Wild Goat, Beaver, and Elk. By Nicholas Coxe, Esq;
Cox, Nicholas, active 1673-1731.Date: [1780?]- Pictures
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Hunting: nets for catching ground-feeding birds, and a wolf-trap (?) Engraving, c.1762 by B.-L. Prevost.
Reference: 493458i- Pictures
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Hunting: a wolf, with its head caught in a trap (above), and details of the trap (below) Engraving, c.1762, by B.-L. Prevost.
Reference: 493496i- Pictures
A shepherd watches the choking of a snared wolf that has killed a lamb; trappers hold back their hunting hounds while a shepherdess grieves for the lamb. Mezzotint by W.T. Annis, 1802, after J. Ward.
Ward, James, 1769-1859.Date: May 1st. 1802Reference: 3106210i- Books
A contagious cause : the American hunt for cancer viruses and the rise of molecular medicine / Robin Wolfe Scheffler.
Scheffler, Robin WolfeDate: 2019- Books
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Exeter-Change. The following is a catalogue of part of the capital collection of birds and beasts now exhibiting at the grand menagerie in the Great Room, as above: A Royal Bengal Striped Tyger and Tygress, being the First ever exhibited at the above Place, much superior to any of the Kind in this Kingdom. - The Tygress was landed from the Duckingfield-Hall Indiaman, on the 14th of September, 1796. A ravenous hunting Tyger, from Bengal. An Asiatic Panther, from ditto. A beautiful Spotted Leopard, from Africa. A ravenous Laughing Hyaena. A wonderful Polar or Sea Lion; an amphibious Animal, which cannot live without being washed with Water every Day. A Jackall, or Lion's Provider. A ravenous Wolf, from Siberia, in Russia. A beautiful Antelope, from Asia. A large Tyger Cat; and a Muscovy or Civet Cat. A large Wild Man of the Woods, that walks upright, and is so extremely sagacious as to understand every Word the Keeper says to him. A Long-Armed Baboon; and a curious Ape, from Ape's-Hill, in Barbary. A stupendous Ostrich, Nine Feet high, from the Coast of Barbary. A Pelican of the Wilderness,-a Bird so remarkable as to be mentioned in Sacred History, that feeds it's Young ones with it's own Blood. A Royal Crown Crane, or Bird of Paradise. Two Condor Minor Vultures very rare and scarce. An Imperial Vulture, the largest ever seen in this Kingdom. A Golden Eagle, from Santa Cruz; and a Horned Owl, from Bohemia. And a Variety of other Animals and Birds, too numerous to insert. Admittance 1s. each Person. In an adjoining Apartment, is A wonderful Maif Elephant, which, although the largest Animal in the Creation, is so sagacious and tractable, as to be obedient to every Command of it's Keeper; and is so exceedingly tame, that Children frequently ride on it's Back with the greatest Safety, as the Den is well constructed for that Purpose. - Admittance 1s. each Person. In an Apartment under the Greatroom, is to be Seen from Obscurity, by A curious Appartus, Variety of Pleasing Perspectives and Public Animation, far excelling any thing of the Kind yet invented. Admission One Shilling each Person, or the Three Exhibitions for Half-a-Crown. N. B. Foreign Birds and Beasts bought, sold, or exchanged, by G. Pidcock, as above.
Date: [1800?]- Pictures
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Birds attacking an owl resting upon a staff held by a naked woman; representing patience. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26699iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
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A pack of hounds attacking a wolf ferociously in a forest. Etching with engraving by F. Joullain after A. F. Desportes.
Desportes, François, 1661-1743.Date: [1734]Reference: 41516i- Pictures
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A sheep bleating at an exhausted, hunted wolf. Etching by W-S Howitt.
Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822.Reference: 39939i- Pictures
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A pack of hounds attacking and running after wild boar. Etching by F. Joullain, 1734 after A. F. Desportes after F. Snyders.
Snyders, Frans, 1579-1657.Date: [1734]Reference: 41530i- Books
The first domestication : how wolves and humans coevolved / Raymond Pierotti and Brandy R. Fogg.
Pierotti, Raymond JohnDate: [2017]- Books
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Observations tending to shew that the wolf, jackal, and dog, are all of the same species / By John Hunter.
Hunter, John, 1728-1793.Date: 1787]- Books
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A supplementary letter on the identity of the species of the dog, wolf, and jackal / from John Hunter, addressed to Sir Joseph Banks.
Hunter, John, 1728-1793.Date: 1789]- Archives and manuscripts
WXYZ Misc
Date: 1962-1968Reference: PP/MAC/A.25Part of: Macdonald, Professor George- Archives and manuscripts
On board the SS Minekhada en route to the International Physiological Congress, Boston 1929
Date: 1929Reference: SA/PHY/Z/4/6/25-59Part of: The Physiological Society- Books
Medieval Italy : Texts in Translation / Katherine L. Jansen, Joanna Drell, Frances Andrews.
Date: [2011]- Books
The essential Ellen Willis / Ellen Willis ; Nona Willis Aronowitz, editor ; with contributions from Spencer Ackerman, Stanley Aronowitz, Irin Carmon, Ann Friedman, Cord Jefferson, and Sara Marcus.
Willis, EllenDate: [2014]- Books
Biomedical ethics : a multidisciplinary approach to moral issues in medicine and biology / edited by David Steinberg.
Date: [2007], ©2007- Archives and manuscripts
Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987)
Medawar, Sir Peter Brian, FRS, OM (1915-1987) Medical Scientist; Nobel LaureateDate: 1937-1991Reference: PP/PBM- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7
Date: Aug 1903 - Jul 1904Reference: WF/E/01/01/07Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 8
Date: Jul 1904 - May 1905Reference: WF/E/01/01/08Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Strangeways Research Laboratory
Strangeways, T.S.P., 1866-1926.Date: c.1901-1999Reference: SA/SRL