Record Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle et des phénomènes de la nature contenant l'histoire des animaux, des végétaux, des minéraux, des météores, des principaux phénomènes physiques et des curiosités naturelles ... réd. par une société de naturalistes ; sous la dir. de F.-E. Guérin ; avec planches gravées sur acier par M. Beyer ; sur les dessins de M. de Sainson | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution

Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle et des phénomènes de la nature contenant l'histoire des animaux, des végétaux, des minéraux, des météores, des principaux phénomènes physiques et des curiosités naturelles ... réd. par une société de naturalistes ; sous la dir. de F.-E. Guérin ; avec planches gravées sur acier par M. Beyer ; sur les dessins de M. de Sainson

Illustrator:: Acarie-Baron M., active 19th century Search this; Annedouche, Alfred Joseph 1833- ,- Search this; Beyer, Charles 1792- ,- Search this; Huot, J.-J.-N (Jean-Jacques-Nicolas),) 1790-1845 Search this; Martin Saint-Ange, G. J (Gaspard Joseph) 1803-1888 Search this; Oudart, P. L (Paul Louis),) 1796-1860 Search this; Pfitzer, Johann Baptist 1789- ,- Search this; Sainson M. de (Louis Auguste),) 1801-1887 Search this; Varin, Amédée 1818-1883 Search this

Engraver:: Duméril, Auguste Henri André 1812-1870 Search this; Giraud, Pierre Francois Eugène 1806-1881 Search this; Pedretti, Vittore 1799-1868 Search this; Pierre, C., active 1833 Search this; Sébin active 1838 Search this

Author:: Gerbe, Zéphirin 1810-1890 Search this; Guérin-Méneville, F.-É (Félix-Édouard),) 1799-1874 Search this; Jacquemin, Emile 1805- Search this; Jubé de la Pérelle, Camille Search this

Physical description:: 9 volume 31 cm. + 3 atlas volume (720 leaves of plates : chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm.)

Notes:: Hand colored illustrations; In some copies, the leaves of plates have been bound interspersed with the text leaves, for a total of 9 volumes; Includes articles on ornithology, by Z. Gerbe; articles on Polypus by É. Jacquémin ; articles on geology by C. Jubé de La Pérelle ; and articles on physiology by G.J. Martin Saint-Ange.--Natural History Museum (U.K.) online catalog record; Issued in livraisons between September, 1833 and February, 1840.--Natural History Museum (U.K.) online catalog record; The illustrations are signed by various artists and engravers, including: the illustrators Acarie-Baron, De Sainson, Jean-Jacques Huot, Martin St. Ange, Newport, Oudart, Pfitzer, and Varin; and the engravers C. Beyer, Giraud, Pierre, C. Annedouche, Adolph Fries, and Pedretti; Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, 4616; Also available online; SCNHRB copy is incomplete: the library has plates numbered 161-240, only; SCNHRB copy of plates 161-240 (39088017263211) includes a duplicate of plate 166. The upper right corners of plates 161-163 have been torn away, not affecting the illustrations; SCNHRB copy of plates 161-240 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Mrs. Jean R. Packard; SCNHRB copy of plates 161-240 has a contemporary blue paper wrapper, with handwritten notes in pencil and ink on the front and p. [3] of the cover; item is housed in an acid-free gray corregatged clamshell box; Elecresource