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Fishes of New Zealand : catalogue with diagnoses of the species

documentary heritage
  • Place
    Wellington, New Zealand
  • Other Id

    QL636.2 HUT (Library of Congress Call Number)

    4072 (Cat ID)

    C 2903 (DBTextworks system ID)

    34127 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

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Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    Fishes of New Zealand : catalogue with diagnoses of the species
  • Primary Maker

    James Hector (Contributor)

    New Zealand. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department (Issuing body)

    Frederick Hutton (Author)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    James Hughes, Printer
  • Place
    Wellington, New Zealand
  • Date
    1872
  • Physical Description

    xv, 133, ii, iii pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    4 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category

    Fishes--New Zealand

  • Provenance Details
    Copy 1 has several papers from the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute bound with it.
    Inscription of cover (78162): Gilbert Mair. Includes envelope addressed to Johannes Andersen.
    Copies 126394 and 126395: L.T. Griffin, Assistant Director, Auckland Msueum
  • Public Access Text

    At head of title: Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department. Includes bibliographical references and index. "A full bibliography and key to the families; describes 140 native and 7 introduced fishes; interesting remarks on edible fishes, and Maori names are given"--Hocken, page 279. AWMM Library copy 126394: Bound in marbled boards. White label has handwritten note: 'N.Z. fishes. Hector. Phillipp's list'. At head board: L.T. Griffin.

    AWMM Library copy 126395: Plain board binding. 'L.T. Griffin' hand-written at head of front board. AWMM Library copy 9552: Bound in quarter green leather binding, with green cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. Some interleaving with ruled blank pages. Also bound with various articles on fishes published in the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, Zoology, volumes 5-16. Includes articles by James Hector, Captain F.W. Hutton, Julius von Haast, F.E. Clarke, W.D. Campbell and others.

  • Associated Notes

    https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13759#/summary

    Available to read online on Biodiversity Heritage Library website (accessed 7/12/2017)

  • Collection Type
    Reserve Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    06 Dec 2024

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