Author:

Kirby, William 1759-1850  Search this

Former owner:

Böving, Adam Giede 1869- DSI  Search this

Buchanan, Lee LaForest b. 1893 DSI  Search this

Author:

Linnean Society of London  Search this

Physical description:

pages 375-453, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm

Type:

Pictorial works

Periodicals

Place:

France

Date:

1818

Notes:

Caption title.

At head of title: XXVII.

Extract from the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (London, England : 1804), vol. 12 (1818), page 375-453.

"Read November 4, 1817."

SCNHRB copy (39088016466211) imperfect: lacking leaves of plates.

SCNHRB copy stamped on 2nd front free endpaper: Smithsonian Library. Gift of L.L. Buchanan 1957. Penciled notation: Dr. A.G. Boving LL Buchanan Aug 6 1943.

SCNHRB copy has on 3rd front free endpaper author's manuscript dedication to Baron Cuvier, in Latin. In another hand, in French, purchase and bibliographical information, with unidentified signature.

SCNHRB copy bound with: Kirby, William. A description of several new species of insects collected in New Holland by Robert Brown. [London: R. Taylor, 1818]. Issued together.

SCNHRB copy quarter bound in sheepskin and acid-pattern boards, marbled endpapers.

Topic:

Beetles  Search this

Insects  Search this

Entomology  Search this

Call number:

QL468 .K57 1818

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1087330