Author:

Brooks, Charles 1795-1872  Search this

Milne-Edwards, H (Henri) 1800-1885  Search this

Engraver:

Salle, E.  Search this

Brown, George Loring 1814-1889  Search this

Possible former owner:

Lincoln, Jairus 1794-1882 DSI  Search this

Former owner:

Wetmore, Alexander 1886-1978 DSI  Search this

Physical description:

xxxv, [2], 38-324 p., [25] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm

Type:

Classification

Date:

1847

Notes:

Copyright 1846 by Charles Brooks.

"Boston: printed by S.N. Dickinson & Co."--verso of title page.

Wood-engraved illustrations in text variously signed by E. Salle and "GLB" (i.e., George Loring Brown). Twenty-five leaves of metal-engraved plates at the end of the book were after designs provided by the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards. See review of this book in the North American review (July 1847), p. 261-2.

Topic:

Birds  Search this

Ornithology--Study and teaching  Search this

Call number:

QL673 .B87 1847

QL673.B87 1847

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_150965