Beckwith-Browning-Peterson Teratology Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI Search this
Physical description:
807, 16 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1880
1882
1880-1882
Notes:
Spine title: Difformités congénitales chez les monstres, le fœtus et l'enfant.
Beckwith, J. Bruce. Bibliotheca Beckwithiana (unpublished), P 82
SCDIRB has two copies.
SCDIRB copy 1 (39088019624808) has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries: The Beckwith-Browning-Peterson Teratology Collection.
SCDIRB copy 2 (39088019624840) has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries: The Beckwith-Browning-Peterson Teratology Collection.
SCDIRB copy 1 in publisher's dark red hardcover binding with gilt lettering on spine; with pasted label ca. 1900 on upper left corner of cover with "Monsters. CCCXV" handwritten in red ink; with laid-in cutout (11 x 17 cm) of computer printout from online bookseller with description of this book (though not this copy) designating it as "extremely rare;" with laid-in bookmark bearing notes in donor's handwriting.
SCDIRB copy 2 in publisher's dark red hardcover binding with gilt lettering on spine; with some differences in spine title from copy 1 such as the added designation "978," with property stamp on title page for "Le Docteur Auvard, Paris" (likely Alfred Auvard, 1855-1941, French obstetrician and gynecologist); with handwritten notes, ca. late 19th or early 20th century, on title page.
SCDIRB copy cataloged with funds from Dr. Alan Peterson.
