Bound collection of MS, correspondence and printed material used by William Yarrell (1784-1856) for his chapter on the mute swan in his A History of British Birds, 3 vols, 1843 (and later editions), purchased (presumably by Ticehurst) from Henry Sotheran Ltd, 43 Piccadilly, London, from a Sotheran catalogue, cat no. 2120, £4.4s.
Correspondents include Sir Henry Ellis, British Museum, 28 May 1849 and 1 August 1849; Mr Roberts, Lambeth, ‘Queens Swan Marker’, 14 October 1841; J.H. Gurney, 13 January 1844.
MS and printed material on how to roast a swan; printed booklet James Orchard Halliwell, An Account of the European Manuscripts in the Chetham Library, Manchester, 1843.
Illustrations include:
Drawings of swan marks from Stow(e), Harleian MS 541; Loseley swan-roll; Eton college; Strawberry Hill sale (April 1842); Colvile roll; town of Thetford marks
Three etched plates depicting swan marks by James Basire for Society of Antiquaries 23 April 1810 (with blue dust wrapper)