Title from item., Date derived from year Mary Toft reported giving birth to rabbits., Place of publication derived from language of text and subject., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Anecdotes; Frauds.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763.
Subject (Topic):
Hoaxes, Rabbits, Breeding, Prenatal influences, Obstetrics, and Women
Manuscript kennel book listing "whelps bread" from 1708 to 1727, giving sire, dam, and placement for each. A few pages at the back of the book list hounds given by Orlebar to John Biggs, the Duke of Grafton, and the Earl of Halifax between 1716 and 1726
Description:
Richard Orlebar (1671-1733) attended Trinity College, Oxford and was a member of the Middle Temple and a dedicated hunter. He married the heiress Diana Astry in 1708 and the couple built Hinwick Hall in Bedfordshire between 1709 and 1714. Orlebar served as High Sherriff of Bedfordshire in 1720, and died childless at Hinwick Hall in 1733., In English., Accompanied by a twentieth-century typescript carbon, "The Oakley Hunt.", and Binding: contemporary paper, stitched.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Bedfordshire., and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Orlebar, Richard, 1671-1733.
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Breeding, Hunting, Hunting dogs, Bedfordshire (England), and Social life and customs
