Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA A649
Title
Robert Theodore Gunther, Natural history collection
Date(s)
- 1849 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
7 volumes in two sets
Context area
Name of creator
(1869-1940)
Biographical history
Zoologist and writer on the historical aspects of science
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Consists of two sets of natural history illustrations.
The first set comprises four albums containing coloured and black and white plates and prints cut out of books and journals, together with handwritten notes.
The second set, comprising three volumes, contains a series of drawings and proof-plates for Andrew Smith's "Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa".