"Swan History Yarrell"
Reference code
TIC/03
Title
"Swan History Yarrell"
Date
c 1843-56
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Quarto.
Cloth binding, green.
Cloth binding, green.
Scope and content
Bound collection of MS, correspondence and printed material used by William Yarrell (1784-1856) for his chapter on the mute swan in his A History of British Birds, 3 vols, 1843 (and later editions), purchased (presumably by Ticehurst) from Henry Sotheran Ltd, 43 Piccadilly, London, from a Sotheran catalogue, cat no. 2120, £4.4s.
Correspondents include Sir Henry Ellis, British Museum, 28 May 1849 and 1 August 1849; Mr Roberts, Lambeth, ‘Queens Swan Marker’, 14 October 1841; J.H. Gurney, 13 January 1844.
MS and printed material on how to roast a swan; printed booklet James Orchard Halliwell, An Account of the European Manuscripts in the Chetham Library, Manchester, 1843.
Illustrations include:
Drawings of swan marks from Stow(e), Harleian MS 541; Loseley swan-roll; Eton college; Strawberry Hill sale (April 1842); Colvile roll; town of Thetford marks
Three etched plates depicting swan marks by James Basire for Society of Antiquaries 23 April 1810 (with blue dust wrapper)
Correspondents include Sir Henry Ellis, British Museum, 28 May 1849 and 1 August 1849; Mr Roberts, Lambeth, ‘Queens Swan Marker’, 14 October 1841; J.H. Gurney, 13 January 1844.
MS and printed material on how to roast a swan; printed booklet James Orchard Halliwell, An Account of the European Manuscripts in the Chetham Library, Manchester, 1843.
Illustrations include:
Drawings of swan marks from Stow(e), Harleian MS 541; Loseley swan-roll; Eton college; Strawberry Hill sale (April 1842); Colvile roll; town of Thetford marks
Three etched plates depicting swan marks by James Basire for Society of Antiquaries 23 April 1810 (with blue dust wrapper)
Creator
Ticehurst, Norman Frederic (1873-1969), surgeon, ornithologist and historian of swan marks
Yarrell, William (1784-1856), zoologist
Yarrell, William (1784-1856), zoologist
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/819/3