Guide 8

Official Guide to the Gardens, Belle Vue, Manchester ..... 1891 ... Messrs Dansons' ... Day-light Panoramic View of the Field of Inkerman.... Battle of Inkerman (1854) ... Naval Review .... Band of Gardens, times & days as 1880 guides. Price One Penny, 1891 in pencil in upper 1.h.c.

Verso: Preface

Messrs Jennison in issuing to their Visitors this new Guide, beg to intimate that whilst every effort is made to keep the cages stocked with specimens as described in the Guide, vacancies unavoidably occur which are not readily filled up, and may cause slight errors in description, folding as previous guide. (p.1-p.2), p.3-32.

Guide to the Zoological Gardens, Belle Vue, Manchester, 1891

For Cab and Omnibus Fares, see pages 31 and 32, p.2, engravings of birds & animals, p.3: occupants of cages 1 to 14, engraving in lower r.h.c. of Parakeet, p.e: Cages 15 to 36, p.5: 37 to 51, p.6. 52-54, 55 & 56 with notes about their origin, habits & description, p.7: 57 to 62 engravings of D (Weaver Bird), & E (Budgerigar) p.8: Headed by an engraving of the Lake, p.9: of animals, A-G, p.10 : Engraving of Monkey House and Lake for Waterflow, full description of Monkey Cage, p.11 Cages 11 to 75. On the right of the Maze ... range of new cages .... choice specimens of Prize Pigeons ... lent for exhibition by Members of the Manchester Columbarian Society ... p.12 : Cages 76 to 93, p.13: Engraving of animals & birds, 77, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 89, 94, 95, 102, 106, initials REH in lower 1.h.c. p.14 Cages 94 to 107 ... p.15, Compartments 108 to 116 ... New Sea Lion House ... large tank 64 ft x 3 ft deep, p.16 headed by 3 engravings, 127, Yak, Camels, Zebu, 124, Compartments 117 to 132, 117 vacant, also engraving of Sea Lion, initials REG in lower 1.h.c. p.17 Elephant House, A-G, elephants in centre. p.18: Cages 133 to 151, engraving on lower-edge.

Out-door platform-Terrace p.19: 152 to 162 Tea rooms charges unchanged, p.20 engraving of Ball Room, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Rooms, p.21: Cages 170 to 185 ... Museum of Natural History ... At the end of the Room is a Skeleton of ... 'Maharajah' ... 1872 ... purchased by Messrs Jennison and lived ten years in the Gardens. ... two or three cases of Live Pythons or Boa Constrictors one of these added to the collection during the past winter is nearly 20 feet in length and weighs over 2 cwt ... p.22 Conveyances etc. unchanged (p.23), p.24-p.29: Battle of Inkerman, p.30 Price list of Refreshments, p.30-p.32, Cab Fares, also unchanged.

Printed at the Zoological Gardens at Belle Vue

Pale pink cover, new cover design: initials R.E/H/ in lower r.h.c. Slight soiling.