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Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities

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  • Other Name

    Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals ... (Alternate title)

  • Place
    London, England, United Kingdom
  • Other Id

    QL46 SWA (Library of Congress Call Number)

    91161 (Cat ID)

    90978 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities
  • Other Name

    Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals ... (Alternate title)

  • Primary Maker

     William Swainson

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Baldwin and Craddock
  • Place
    London, England, United Kingdom
  • Date
    1829-1833
  • Physical Description

    3 volumes : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.

  • Language
    English
    Latin
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    3 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Related Object Notes
    MS-484
  • Edition/State/Version
    Second series
  • Subject Category

    Zoological illustration

    Shells--Pictorial works

    Insects--Pictorial works

    Birds--Pictorial works/Library of Congress subject headings

  • Content
    Volume 1. The birds. 1832-1833 -- volume 2. The insects. 1832 [i.e. 1829]-1833 -- volume 3. The shells. 1832 [i.e. 1829]-1833.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Ornithology--Pictorial works; Entomology--Pictorial works]

    Printed by R. Havell, Jun. Consists of hand-coloured illustrations on 136 leaves of plates, with explanatory text on facing pages. Volume 1 has [48] plates, volume 2, [42] plates, and volume 3, [46] plates. Volume 3 includes bibliographical references (on 1 unnumbered page) for volume 1 and "List of original subscribers" (on 1 unnumbered page). Each volume comprises 3 groups, viz. Vertebrosa, entomology and conchology.

  • Collection Type
    Reserve Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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