Notebook, ca. 1839-1840.

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Notebook, ca. 1839-1840.

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This volume contains drawings (in pencil and watercolor) of numerous fish, apparently sketched while on a cruise or expedition in the Caribbean in 1839. The fish are identified and descriptions usually accompany the sketch. There are also notes on fish seen at certain New York museums.

1 (ca. 270 p.). v.

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Parnell, Richard, 1810-1882.

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Richard Parnell was a physician. From the description of Notebook, ca. 1839-1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173465871 In 1839-1840, the ichthyologist Richard Parnell left London for a collecting expedition to Jamaica and a tour of museum collections in the United States. An authority on both fishes and grasses, Parnell published two noted works as a young man, his Prize Essay on the Natural and Economical History of the Fishes Marine, Fluviatile, and Lacust...