‎Wilson, Edward A. (Besitzvermerk in): Bell, Thomas:‎
‎A History of British Quadrupeds including the cetacea. Second edition revised an partly re-written bin the author, assisted by Robert F. Tomes and Edward Richard Alston.‎

‎London, John van Voorst 1874. gross-8°. XVIII, 474 S., 2 n.n.S.Anzeigen, mit 160 Xylographien im Text. Dunkelgrüner Originalleinwandband.‎

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‎überarbeitete Fassung der Ausgabe von 1837 Wellcome 2, 138 (dort mit 1836 und only part III) des erfolgreichen populären zoologischen Werkes. - Auf dem fliegenden Vorsatz mit dem handschriftlichen Besitzvermerk "Edward A. Wilson. Oct. 1905", darunter in Bleistift von anderer Hand "Scott's last expedition. This book was taken to the Antarctic by E.A.Wilson 1910 - 1913". Obwohl die Innenfälze des Vorder- und Hinterdeckel angebrochen sind, das obere Kapital leicht angerissen und der Einbandbezug leicht fleckig, scheint mir persönlich der Zustand des Exemplares zu gut erhalten für einen Artefakten der berühmten Geschichte von Scotts 2. Antarktik Expedition bei der Edward A. Wilson, zusammenn mit Scott und Henry „Birdie“ Bowers am 29. März 1912 verstarb. Wilson (1872 - 1912) Mediziner und Zoologe war bereits an der Discovery-Expedition 1901 - 1904 als wissenschaftlicher Leiter beteiligt. Zurück von der mehrjährigen Reise erholte er sich im Sommer 1905 in Irland von den Strapazen der unzähligen öffentlichen Auftritten, Vorträgen und Einladungen. Dabei kam er in Kontakt mit dem Naturalisten Barrett-Hamilton der ihn als Illustrator für eine neue Monografie der " A History of British Mammals" engagierte. Wilson lebte im Herbst 1905 in Bushey einem Künstlerort in der Nähe von London. Obwohl er keine akademische Kunstausbildung besass wurden seine zoologischen Illustrationen zu Standarts der Naturgeschichte Grossbriitanniens. Über den Verbleib seiner Bibliiothek scheint nichts bekannt zu sein. Revised version of the 1837 edition Wellcome 2, 138 (there with 1836 and only part III) of the successful popular zoological work. - The flyleaf endpaper with the handwritten ownership note ‘Edward A. Wilson. Oct. 1905’, underneath in pencil by another hand ’Scott's last expedition. This book was taken to the Antarctic by E.A.Wilson 1910 - 1913’. Although the inner folds of the front and back cover are cracked, the upper capital slightly torn and the cover slightly stained, the condition of the copy seems to me personally too well preserved to be an object brought back from Scott's 2nd Antarctic expedition on which Edward A. Wilson, together with Scott and Henry ‘Birdie’ Bowers, died on 29 March 1912. Wilson (1872 - 1912), a physician and zoologist, had already been involved in the Discovery Expedition of 1901 - 1904 as scientific director. Back in Ireland in the summer of 1905 after several years of travelling, he recovered from the stresses and strains of countless public appearances, lectures and invitations. This brought him into contact with the naturalist Barrett-Hamilton, who engaged him as an illustrator for a new monograph of ‘A History of British Mammals’. In the autumn of 1905, Wilson was living in Bushey, an artists' village near London. Although he had no academic art training, his zoological illustrations became standards in the natural history of Great Britain. Nothing seems to be known about the whereabouts of his library. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)‎

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