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The names Balfour and Newton commemorate Francis Maitland Balfour (1851-1882), Professor of Animal Morphology, and Alfred Newton (1829-1907) the first Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, in the University of Cambridge.
Balfour's books given by his family to form the nucleus of the Zoological Department Library were housed on the site of the Austin Wing of the Cavendish Laboratory until the Department moved in 1933.
The Newton collection, of ornithological importance, was bequeathed in 1907.
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Library news -
February 2012
New MyiLibrary ebook download service
ebooks@cambridge is pleased to announce that almost 300 MyiLibrary ebooks can now be checked out and downloaded by Cambridge staff and students. Downloading to popular e-readers is supported, including the Sony e-readers, the Barnes & Noble Nook, and the Apple family of mobile devices, the iPad, the iPhone and iPod touch, as well as Android devices. See here for more details: http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/eresourcesblog/?p=669
November 2011
Rare book on display in the library
Elementa ornithologica iconibus vivis coloribus expressis illustrata. Edicio secunda, by Jacob Christian Schaeffer. Ratisbonae, Typis Breitfeldianis, 1779. Balfour Library shelf mark: qK (8).
This is a beautiful, hand coloured engraving of a cockerel, skilfully rendering all the colours of its bright and varied plumage. He is so lifelike that he appears to be strutting right off the page. The plate includes a diagram of the bird’s tongue, and this was included for most of the birds illustrated throughout this work.