Title: Young hippopotamuses in Cairo garden of British Consulate from the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Creator: Finnin, Denis
Subject: Rare books, Mammals, Africa
Specimen Location: American Museum of Natural History Library Rare Book Collection
Rights: Information on rights available at the repository
Repository: American Museum of Natural History
Publisher: American Museum of Natural History Research Library
Plate of Figure Number: Mammalia XIV
Original Caption: Young Hippopotamus, Presented to the Zoological Society by H. H. Abbas Pasha, Printed by Hullmandel & Walton, Wolf hth from a Sketch made at Cairo. Dec. 1849
Note: Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library
Medium: Hand-colored engravings
Imprint: [London] : Printed for the Society by Richard Taylor, [1833]-1860
Identifier: b11289314
Description of Publication: 28 v. : ill. ; 23-27 cm.Annual.Pt. 1 (1833)-pt. 28 (1860)
Department / Discipline: Mammalogy
Date of Publication: [1833]-1860
Date: 2011
Coverage: Cairo, Egypt
Collection Title: Rare Book Collection
Collection Name: Rare Book Collection
Collection Description: The images of the Rare Book Collection highlight some of the art, illustrations, engravings, maps, and sketches from the over 14,000 rare materials housed at the Library. The Museum Library’s Rare Book Collection includes field diaries and scrapbooks, richly illustrated fragile and uniquely bound materials, limited and/or autographed editions; published and unpublished materials with special Museum association; materials of high monetary value; and rare books relevant to natural history, especially in those fields of interest at the Museum. This image collection commences with all of the artwork showcased in Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library: Essays & Plates, a book edited by the Library’s Director, published in October, 2012.
Call Number: QL1 .J67
Book Title: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London