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- 1937-1944 (Creation)
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5 volumes : colour illustrations ; 25 cm, in solander box 32 x 25 x 9 cm.
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Percy Frank Hockings was born on 19 October 1867, son of Albert John Hockings and Elizabeth Hockings (Bailey). Percy trained as an architect, although he rarely practised as an architect. He was an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architecture. He and his brother Edwin Morton Hockings, were widely travelled, collecting drawings and paintings. Reginal Hockings was a cousin. He died on 24 July 1950.
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Previously catalogued in the Fryer Library rare books collection: QL405 .H63 193-
Bookplate: A.J. Hockings - J.T. Tilbury Memorial Collection presented ... by the descendants of Albert John Hockings & James Thompson Tilbury 1966.
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Five handmade notebooks on conchology in brown paper wrappers. Numbered with pencil as volumes 1 to 4 on the front of each; fifth notebook is labelled as 'rough copies'. First volume describes classes of shells, their placement in broader biological classifications, and instructions on how to collect them. Handwritten notes in black pen, accompanied by elaborate diagrams and illustrations. Also has a glossary of shell-related scientific terms at the rear. Second, third and fourth volumes contain mostly pen and pencil diagrams and illustrations, many watercolour. Fifth volume contains illustrations and rough notes in black pen and pencil. First and fourth volumes contain loose duplicate bookplate inserts that state the volumes were 'presented to the University of Queensland Library by the descendants of Albert John Hockings and James Thompson Tilbury, 1966'. Dates found within the notes, as well as an insert of a folio from a 1944 edition of the British Medical Journal, indicate the notebooks were created between 1937 and 1944.
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Arranged in chronological order by volume number within the solander box.
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Unrestricted access.
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Out of copyright. Able to be reproduced without permission. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
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- English
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Created, Kymberley Bax, 21-Mar-2024.