The Tower Menagerie

THE TOWER MENAGERIE.

Reading edition

THE TOWER MENAGERIE:

COMPRISING THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE ANIMALS CONTAINED IN THAT ESTABLISHMENT; WITH Anecdotes of their Characters and History.

ILLUSTRATED BY PORTRAITS OF EACH, TAKEN FROM LIFE, BY WILLIAM HARVEY; AND ENGRAVED ON WOOD BY BRANSTON AND WRIGHT.

Two heraldic lions either side of a crest: ARS NATURAE MINISTRAT; the White Tower of the Tower of London in the background.

LONDON: PRINTED FOR ROBERT JENNINGS, POULTRY; AND SOLD BY W. F. WAKEMAN, DUBLIN. M DCCC XXIX.

CHISWICK: PRINTED BY CHARLES WHITTINGHAM COLLEGE HOUSE.

A lion and a unicorn seem to be fighting over the royal crest; the White Tower of the Tower of London in the background.

TO HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FOURTH, THE MUNIFICENT PATRON OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES,

This Volume,

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.