Lot 188
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[Fenn, Ellenor, Lady]
A Short History of Quadrupeds
Auction: 02 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
extracted from Works of Credit. Designed as an Introduction to the Study of that Branch of Natural History, and as a Pocket Companion to those who visit the Leverian Museum. London: John Marshall, [1796?]. 2 volumes, 12mo (17 x 10cm), contemporary marbled sheep, lx 110 [4], [6] 3-172 pp., half-titles, 54 engraved plates, publisher's advertisement leaf ('A Complete Catalogue of Mrs. Teachwell's Books', including A Short History of Quadrupeds) and errata leaf to rear volume 1, binding worn, joints cracked, tips worn, variable spotting and soiling to contents, a few leaves with fraying to upper margins [ESTC N36753] (2)
Footnote
Very rare: ESTC traces two complete copies, and two copies of the second volume only. ‘The Leverian Museum contained the greater part of the specimens, whether zoological or ethnological, that were collected on the three memorable voyages of Captain cook, specimens which were of inestimable value’ (Museums Association, Report of Proceedings, 1891, p. 39). The second volume contains a section describing ‘two curious animals and an insect’ mentioned in the recently published Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile by James Bruce. ‘Mrs Teachwell’, identified as the author in the publisher's catalogue at the rear, was a nom-de-plume of the prolific writer for children Ellenor, Lady Fenn.