British Spiders:Volume III (v. 3)

George Hazlewood Locket

A.F. Millidge

P. Merrett

Ray Society

Although this book emphasizes a segment of British fauna, the author has written it as an introduction to parasitic Copepoda in general. The book discusses them as part of the order of Copepoda and examines the evolutionary impact exerted by parasitism on copepod morphology.

Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes (Ray Society Publications)

Science & Math

Kabata, Zbigniew

Biological Sciences

British Prosobranch Molluscs

Graham, Alastair

Fretter, Vera

WILLIAM TURNER (c. 1508-68), clergyman, physician, herbalist and naturalist, has long been honoured as the 'father of British botany', being 'unquestionably the earliest writer among us that discovered learning and critical judgment in the study of plants.' His Libellus de Re herbaria (1538) and Names of Herbes (1548) are the first two printed books relating to the British flora which have any claim to originality. Both are now extremely rare books. Only one copy of the Libellus and less than ten of the Names of Herbes are known to be extant. Probably few copies were printed and their format was too humble to ensure careful preservation; moreover some may have perished during Turner's periods of exile from England when the government banned his theological works and ordered their destruction. They contain the first records of the occurrence of many plants in England, together with their vernacular English names. Some now current vernacular names were here introduced by Turner. The aim of the present Ray Society volume is to make these rare and historically interesting pioneer works available in facsimile to all who are interested in the British flora. It includes contributions by B. Daydon Jackson and James Britten published in 1877 and 1882; the nomenclature of their identifications of Turner's plants has been revised by J. E. Dandy and W. T. Steam.

Libellus De Re Herbaria 1538 (Ray Society)

Turner, William

This book is a facsimile of the original 1675 edition.

Dictionariolum Trilingue (Ray Society)

Reference

RAY, John

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne 1813 (Ray Society Publications)

History

White, Gilbert

Europe

This work is a remarkable and unique compilation of the genus Littorina, based on both original research and bibliography of almost 1500 references. The author describes the evolution of Littorina and shows how the genus emerges as a model case history of the evolutionary radiation of a widespread, ecologically successful group of temperate marine invertebrates.

Systematics and Evolution of Littorina (Ray Society Publications)

Reid, David G.

This two-volume work provides a family-by family account of all copepods. It is designed to provide an overview of the entire group from marine plankton to subterranean forms and from parasites to minute inhabitants of the interstitial spaces between sediments particles. Above all, this work will enable the reader to identify copepods to the genus-level in the vast majority of cases and will provide entry into the biological literature.

An An Introduction to Copepod Diversity (Ray Society)

Boxhall, Geoffrey A.

William Elford Leach was one of the world's leading zoologists. He prepared the way to make Britain the birthplace of Natural Selection, then he sank silently from view, all but forgotten for two hundred years. This is the story of him and his family.

Rifle-Green by Nature: A Regency Naturalist and his Family, William Elford Leach (Ray Society Publications)

Biographies & Memoirs

SMITH, Eric

Harrison, Keith

Professionals & Academics

Menageries in Britain 1100–2000 traces the history of menageries (‘…a collection of wild animals in cages or enclosures especially one kept for exhibition... in zoological gardens or a travelling show. Also the place…where they are kept…’) in five sections: Royal Menageries, Travelling and Commercial Menageries, Private Menageries and Aviaries, Dealers and the Twentieth Century. The book begins with Royal Menageries and takes its starting point from the first recorded collection of animals in England, that of Henry I. The history of subsequent royal collections, held predominantly at the Tower of London, is followed, ending with the Windsor Menagerie being given to the Zoological Society of London after Queen Victoria’s death. Travelling and Commercial Menageries, which started in the Seventeenth Century with the rapid increase in Britain’s overseas trading, developed from sideshows at inns and fairs into the large travelling animal shows of the late Eighteenth and early Nineteenth Centuries. They lingered on into the early Twentieth Century, usually associated with circuses. Another form of the Commercial Menagerie, the static, was also very popular in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Wombwell’s, Ballards’s, Polito’s and Bostock’s menageries were great public attractions based permanently in London, although they also provided animals for menageries that travelled in the summer. The development of large private menageries, the majority owned by enthusiastic aristocrats, is traced to its peak in the late Nineteenth Century and finishes with the last example, that of Lord Rothschild, in the early Twentieth Century. The interactions of these private collections and the development of the science of Zoology, together with the establishment of scientific collections, are also considered. The rise of dealers to support the increased interest in animal collecting and their association with the major ports of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries is charted, as is their input to animal husbandry and science, particularly scientific illustration. Many of Thomas Bewick’s wood engravings were made from studies of animals in dealers’ as well as travelling menageries. The book concludes with an overview of the Twentieth Century and the changed attitudes to displaying and keeping animals, safari parks and the emphasis on conservation and not merely on entertainment.

Menageries in Britain 1100–2000 (Volume 175) (Ray Society Publications)

Jackson, Christine E.

Historical Study & Educational Resources

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