The naturalist's pocket-book, or, Tourist's companion : being a brief introduction to the different branches of natural history, with approved methods for collecting and preserving the various productions of nature / by George Graves, F.L.S., author of British Ornithology, Ovarium Britannicum, and editor of The new edition of Curtis's Flora Londinensis.
Alternate Title(s):
Naturalist's pocket book
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1818.
Physical Description:
viii, [8], 335, [1] p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:8150185
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Reference book for the amateur collector with details on identifying, killing, stuffing and preserving all manner of creatures from slow worms to crocodiles.
Subject Terms:
Collectors and collecting -- Great Britain. | Collectors and collecting -- Amateurs' manuals. | Natural history -- Collectors and collecting -- Great Britain. | Naturalists -- Great Britain. | Naturalists -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Natural history -- Technique. | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown -- Publisher. | W. & S. Graves -- Printer. | Hodgson, Rowland -- Bookplate. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1818.
Contributors:
Graves, George, 1754–1839, ill. | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, publisher.
