Referenda for Jamaica, rough sketches of plants & animals to help in identification

By

Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888 , author, illustrator

Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893 , contributor

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

[Kentish-Town, that is, London], [P.H. Gosse], 1844

Notes

Title transcribed from handwritten title page

"Kentish-Town, 1844."

Inscribed on the front free endpaper: E. Ray Lankester from Edmund Gosse, in memory of the author, April 10, 1915

Contents: (from handwritten contents note) Figures of Orchideae [that is, Orchidaceae] -- Genera of d[itt]o -- W. Indian d[itt]o -- W. Ind[ia]n butterflies -- Westwood's notes -- Recipes, &c. -- Fig[ure]s of hummingbirds.

A volume of original sketches in pencil and watercolors of Jamaican orchids, butterflies and hummingbirds, accompanied by handwritten notes on natural history

Subjects

Butterflies , Hummingbirds , Jamaica , Orchids , Pictorial works

Call Number

QH46 .G67

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 9653906