Pickard-Cambridge, Arthur Wallace Memoir of the Reverend Octavius Pickard-Cambridge M.A., F.R.S. Printed for Private Circulation, Oxford. 1918
pp.96 with 8 b/w. photographs. Small 8vo. Some scattered foxing, mainly to end papers. Pages rough-cut as published, one section opened a little clumsily. Bound in original quarter cloth over paper boards. A thor. vg. copy. Eric Duffey’s address label and signature to front pastedown, along with a short note, “Formerly in library of W.S. Bristowe, on his death bought by E.D.”. Very scarce.
The Reverend Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (1828–1917) was an English clergyman, zoologist and world authority on spiders. This fascinating memoir of his life was written by his son, Arthur Wallace. Contains an 18-page section dedicated to the writings of Rev. Pickard-Cambridge in the fields of Antiquarian and Miscellaneous, Meterology, Mammalia, Reptilia, Ornithology, Central Entomology and ‘Other Orders’, Lepidoptera and finally, Arachnida.
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