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Gardens & Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated, Vol. I, Quadrupeds

1830
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Object Information
  • Title: Gardens & Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated, Vol. I, Quadrupeds
  • Author: Edward Turner Bennett (British, Hackney, Middlesex 1797–1836 London)
  • Illustrator: William Harvey (British, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1796–1866 Richmond, Surrey)
  • Engraver: Robert Edward Branston (British, ca. 1803–1877 Denmark Hill, Camberwell)
  • Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, London 1776–1846 London)
  • Printer: Charles Whittingham [the elder] (London)
  • Date: 1830
  • Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
  • Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 5 1/2 x 1 in. (21.3 x 14 x 2.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1973
  • Object Number: 1973.631.3(1)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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