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Caroli Linnaei Entomologia, faunae Suecicae descriptionibus aucta : DD. Scopoli, Geoffroy, de Geer, Fabricii, Schrank, &c., speciebus vel in systemate non enumeratis, vel nuperrime detectis, vel speciebus Galliœ australis locupletata, generum specierumque rariorum iconibus ornata; curante & augente Carolo de Villers ..

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Author:
Linné, Carl von 1707-1778  Search this
Devillers, Charles 1724-1809  Search this
Former owner:
Crawford, J. C. DSI  Search this
Buchanan, Lee LaForest b. 1893 DSI  Search this
Schaus, William 1859-1942 DSI  Search this
Aldrich, John Merton 1866-1934 DSI  Search this
Melander, A. L (Axel Leonard) 1878-1962 DSI  Search this
U.S. Department of the Interior Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
4 v., [24] folded leaves of plates : ill., tables ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Type:
Classification
Early works to 1800
Date:
1789
Notes:
Woodcut title vignettes, head- and tail-pieces.
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SCNHRB has two copies.
SCNHRB c. 1 (39088013483318, 39088013483359, 39088013483391, 39088013483433) has inscribed in ink on 1st front free endpaper: J.C. Crawford.
SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplates: United States Department of Agriculture Library; embossed on t.p.'s: USDA LIB.
SCNHRB c. 1 bound in recent quarter tan patterned paper and brown goatskin.
SCNHRB c. 2 (39088013483474, 39088013483516, 39088013483557) imperfect: t. 1 lacking all before p. 11, 425-570, 611-636, 727-734, photocopy facsimiles of those leaves bound-in; lacking all plates and tables; lacking t. 4.
SCNHRB c. 2 stamped on p. 11 of t. 1: Smithsonian Library Gift of L.L. Buchanan 1957.
SCNHRB c. 2 inscribed in pencil on 1st front free endpaper: W. Schaus.
SCNHRB c. 2 has on 1st front free endpaper ink inscription of J.M. Aldrich and stamp: A.L. Melander from the library of J.M. Aldrich.
SCNHRB c. 2 with t. 1 bound in recent linen cloth and green goatskin, with original spine; t. 2-3 quarter bound in green calf and black and white patterned paper, title in gilt on spine.
Topic:
Insects  Search this
Call number:
QL468 .L75 1789
QL468.L75 1789
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_113368