Letter from Richard John Lloyd Price to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the feeding of pythons at the Zoological Society of London
Letter from George Prevost to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the membership of his father, George Prevost, to the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence with Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding articles on the pathological and veterinary side of the Zoo, an article of Pandas for publication in British Ally, photographs of lion cubs, photographs of a panda, bound copies of the Zoological Record, an article on the lion Rota, captions for The Sphere, the publication The Life Story of King Penguin, and an article on London Zoo for Trumpeter
Correspondence between the Sir Martin Wyatt Holdgate and Fellows of the Zoological Society of London
Manchester
March 14 1845
Sir
There is one Lion with a good and showy mane. he has a defective tail, that is to say the last three inches of it is turned up abruptly; this beast I should not like to give more than three hundred guineas for - the second Lion they say is six years old, I think he is not so old; he has less mane than the one at the Gardens, that belongs to White, he is a large beast, but has what is called a broken nose, that is to say he bears the appearance that a fighting man does - he is a larger animal than the first mentioned - the outside value of this one I should say was two hundred pounds - the first mentioned one is the same sort and looks exactly like the one at the Surrey Gardens the elephant is fine and they expect a long price. I should say he was well worth six hundred pounds - the giraffe is a female, and by far the best animal in the collection, appears in perfect health and condition, she is not as I was informed crooked on the legs, but a beast well worthy of being added to our collection, let her fetch what price she will this animals is well worth three hundred and fifty guineas to the Society - the Leopard is fine, but he lost all four canines and has got a severe cold in one eye - five pounds would be plenty of money for him - The Lion cubs are male and female about 15 inches high, they were cubbed in the collection, the point of interest about them is, that they are living on good terms in the same den with the maned Lion - one of them is what is called [Mooney?] headed they are not worth £20 the two.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient Servant
Louis Prater
If the Society feel inclined to purchase the Elephant, there is a man here I think would buy our large one. The Elephant is full 8ft high
Correspondence between Prague Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a pair of Bennett's Wallabies which were sent to Prague Zoo by the Zoological Society of London
Letters from Sir Edward John Poynter to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding tickets of admission to the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London
Letters from Thomas Littleton Powys to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding eagles and newts in his possession
Correspondence between H G Powell-Cotton and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding supplies of Ilex for Okapi at the Zoological Society of London
Letter from Count Arnoldo Girolamo Povoleri, formerly Arnold Harris Mathew, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase of land at Brighton for a zoological garden