Ornithology: 18th cent.

Twelve water-colour drawings of exotic birds, with a short description on the verso of each. The first leaf contains a holograph note by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew [1791-1865] 'Pray take care of these, they were done by [name cut out], and you will recollect his writing'.

1793

1 volume 1 l. + 13 ll. (last bl.). 4to. 221/2 × 18 cm. Original paper covers. Name cut out in two places on the first leaf.

Purchased 1905.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).