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Show Now ready, price £\2'. 12*., in one volume, bound in half-morocco, containing 50 coloured plates, The first Series of ZOOLOGICAL SKETCHES By JOSEPH WOLF. MADE FOR THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, FROM ANIMALS IN THEIR VIVARIUM. EDITED, WITH NOTES, BY PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., SECRETARY TO THE SOCIETY. THE series of Drawings, of which a selection of Fifty is given in the present Volume, was undertaken with the object of preserving a faithful record of the living characters of the most rare and interesting Animals in the Vivarium of the Zoological Society of London. The present extent of the Society's Collection, and the prospects of increase, derived from the energetic support which it continues to receive from so many sources, afford unequalled means of making these Zoological Portraits both various and instructive. In selecting the subjects, particular regard is paid to those species which exhibit aptitude for acclimatization, either as objects of economic value, or simply as additions to the Exotic Animals which are now so frequently seen in the parks and on the ornamental waters of Europe. The Drawings have been executed in Water Colours, after most careful study, by Mr. W O L F , who may be fairly said to stand alone in minute knowledge of the habits and forms of Mammalia as well as of Birds; and the Lithographic copies, partly printed in colour and then finished by hand, are in such exact fac-simile as to be scarcely distinguishable from the originals. The Letterpress, prepared by the Editor, embraces all particulars of interest relating to the general history, habits, distribution, and use of the Animals illustrated in the Plates. A second series of the same work is now being issued, and will shortly be completed. Five double parts, price 42s. each, of the new series are now ready. London: G E A V E S A N D CO., Pall Mall. Price 6d., Sewed, A GUIDE TO THE GARDENS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. Nineteenth Edition, corrected according to the present Arrange-ment of the Gardens, BY PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., SECRETARY TO THE SOCIETY. London: BRADBURY AND EVANS, 11, Bouverie Street; and at the Society's Gardens in the Kegent's Park. |
