Historical researches on the wars and sports of the Mongols and Romans : in which elephants and wild beasts were employed or slain. And the remarkable local agreement of history with the remains of such animals found in Europe and Siberia ... With a map and ten plates / by John Ranking, resident upwards of twenty years in Hindoostan and Russia.
Author
- Ranking, John [author]
Series
Other titles
- Binder's spine title: Wars and sports of the Mongols & Romans
- Wars and sports of the Mongols and Romans
Published
- London : Printed for the author and sold by Longmans, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster-Row MDCCCXXVI [1826]
Physical description
xv, 516 pages, 8 plates (some folded) : portrait, 2 folded maps (including folding. frontispiece) ; 30 cm (4to)
Notes
- "List of books referred to" : p. 511-515.
- Available in electronic full text to members of the University via the Library web catalogue.
Subject
- Military art and science History.
- Sports History.
- Mongols Social life and customs.
- Romans Social life and customs.
- Animals and history.
- Romans Sports.
- Mongols Sports.
- Mongols History.
- Mongols History.
- Military Science history.
- Sports history.
- Animals, Wild history.
- Roman World.
- Circus Rome
- Animals War use History.
- Mongols History.
- Roman History
- Sports History.
- Captive wild animals.
- Wild animal collecting
- Military art and science History.
- Circus Italy Rome.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain Antiquities, Roman.
- Rome (Italy) Circus.
- Great Britain.
- Rome.
- Great Britain Antiquities Roman.
Other names
- Willing, Charles [fmo]
Related item
- http://libanswers.liverpool.ac.uk/faq/182315
- http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/collections/rarebooks/projects/lightingthepast/
Genre
- text
Language
- English
Internet Resources
- http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015073763933
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Holding libraries
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| Location of copy | Shelfmark | Online location | Holdings Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Bradford | Online location | ||
| University of Bradford: J B Priestley Library | |||
| University of Bradford | [Another copy.] F.P. | ||
| British Library: General Reference Collection, St Pancras Reading Rooms | 583.i.25. | ||
| British Library: General Reference Collection, St Pancras Reading Rooms | 800.cc.16. | [Another copy.] F.P. | |
| British Library: Lending Collection | q950 *590* | ||
| British Library: Oriental Collections, St Pancras Reading Rooms | IOL.1947.b.770 | ||
| British Library: General Reference Collection, St Pancras Reading Rooms | DRT Digital Store 800.cc.16. | [Another copy.] F.P. | |
| University of Cambridge Libraries: Cambridge University Library: Order to Rare Books Reading Room, follow signs to Alpha staircase, First Floor, not borrowable | Zz.33.29 | ||
| University of Cambridge Libraries: Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Library: Main Library | RL 124.1 | RARE BOOK | |
| University of Edinburgh Libraries: Main Library - Special Collections | *Q.21.31 | ||
| University of Edinburgh Libraries: New College Dark Store | Folio TR.43 | ||
| University of Glasgow Library: Library Research Annexe | Q15-y.2 | ||
| Hathi Trust Digital Library | Online location | ||
| Historical Texts | Online location | Access via Historical Texts | |
| King's College London Library: Foyle Special Collections ; [Marsden Coll.] | F1/3 | ||
| Lambeth Palace Library: Lambeth Palace Library, Sion Main Quarto | B13.0/R16 | ||
| University of Liverpool Library | Online location | ||
| University of Liverpool Library | Online location | Reading advice (software, printing, accessibility, privacy) | |
| University of Liverpool Library: Contact University of Liverpool Library | ELECTRONIC BOOK | 0 | |
| University of Manchester Library: Store (Main Library) | 950 | ||
| University of Oxford Libraries: Bodleian Library | 2 DELTA 37 | ||
| University of Oxford Libraries: Bodleian Library | (IND) 24 F 16 | ||
| Royal College of Surgeons of England Library: Off-site Store 1 | CS 4 / RAN | ||
| Royal Society Library: Royal Society Library | Travel | ||
| SOAS Library, University of London: Closed access material. Enquire in the Special Collections Reading Room | EC82.43 /8985 | ||
| University of St Andrews Library | Online location | The record you are viewing is part of our Phase1 retro-cataloguing work. Visit the Lighting the Past project webpage to read more about the current project to record all our rare books | |
| University of St Andrews Library: Special Collections | DS19.R2 s | ||
| Wellcome Library: Closed stores EPB / C | 42960/C |