TO 
HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY 
KING GEORGE THE FOURTH, 
THE 
MUNIFICENT PATRON OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, 
This Aolume, 
IN WHICH IT IS ATTEMPTED TO COMBINE BOTH ART AND SCIENCE 
IN THE 
ILLUSTRATION OF HIS ROYAL MENAGERIE, 
IS, 
BY HIS MAJESTY’S MOST GRACIOUS PERMISSION, 
HUMBLY INSCRIBED. 
