Boston Journal of Natural History
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The Boston Journal of Natural History (1834-1863) was a scholarly journal published by the Boston Society of Natural History
in mid-19th century Massachusetts
. Contributors included Charles T. Jackson
, Augustus A. Gould
, and others. Each volume featured lithographic illustrations, some in color, drawn/engraved by E.W. Bouvé
, B.F. Nutting
, A. Sonrel
, et. al. and printed by Pendleton's Lithography
and other firms.
The journal was continued by Memoirs Read Before the Boston Society of Natural History in 1863.
Boston Society of Natural History
The Boston Society of Natural History in Boston, Massachusetts, was an organization dedicated to the study and promotion of natural history. It published a scholarly journal and established a museum. In its first few decades, the society occupied several successive locations in Boston's Financial...
in mid-19th century Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. Contributors included Charles T. Jackson
Charles Thomas Jackson
Charles Thomas Jackson was an American physician and scientist who was active in medicine, chemistry, mineralogy, and geology.- Life and work :...
, Augustus A. Gould
Augustus Addison Gould
Augustus Addison Gould was an American conchologist and malacologist.-Biography:...
, and others. Each volume featured lithographic illustrations, some in color, drawn/engraved by E.W. Bouvé
Ephraim W. Bouvé
Ephraim W. Bouvé was an engraver in Boston, Massachusetts in the 19th-century.Around 1848 he kept a studio on Washington Street. By 1863 he'd moved his studio to Bromfield Street, and by 1883 moved again, to Milk Street.E.W...
, B.F. Nutting
Benjamin F. Nutting
Benjamin Franklin Nutting was an artist in Boston, Massachusetts in the 19th-century. He taught drawing in local schools, and published do-it-yourself drawing instruction materials...
, A. Sonrel
Antoine Sonrel
Antoine Sonrel was an illustrator, engraver and photographer in Switzerland and Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. He moved from Neuchâtel to the United States around the late 1840s, and was affiliated with Louis Agassiz throughout his career...
, et. al. and printed by Pendleton's Lithography
Pendleton's Lithography
Pendleton's Lithography was a lithographic print studio in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts, established by brothers William S. Pendleton and John B. Pendleton . Though relatively short-lived, in its time the firm was prolific, printing portraits, landscape views, sheet music covers, and...
and other firms.
The journal was continued by Memoirs Read Before the Boston Society of Natural History in 1863.