Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa : consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836, fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa" : together with a summary of African zoology, and an inquiry into the geographical ranges of...
5 volumes, 278 leaves of plates in various foliations : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Place:
South Africa
Date:
1838
1849
Notes:
Issued in 28 parts. For more information see F.H. Waterhouse, "On the dates of publication of the parts of Sir Andrew Smith's 'Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa,' in: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1880), pages 489-491; also: K.H. Barnard, "The dates of issue of the 'Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa' and the 'Marine investigations in South Africa,' in Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History., volume 2 (October 1950), pages 187-189 and corrigendum, volume 2 (November 1952), page 408
"The plates ... have been published in five divisions, viz., Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Pisces, and Invertebratae. Those of each division have been numbered independently, and the letterpress descriptions left unpaged, in order that they may be arranged according to the particular view of the purchasers"--Preface, page iii
"London: Printed by Stewart and Murray, Old Bailey"--Verso of title page
Volume 5 (Invertebratae) has special title page: Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa, being a portion of the objects of natural history chiefly collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa ... by W.S. Macleay. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1838
Plates signed: Day & Haghe, lithrs. to the Queen; C.E. Wagstaff sc.; Chas. M. Curtis del.; Ford del.
Each plate is accompanied by a blank guard sheet and approximately 2 pages of letterpress description (usually unpaginated)
Plates 18 and 37 in "Mammalia" were never issued. See F.A. Jentink, "On the Dates of publication of the parts of Sir Andrew Smith's Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa," in: Notes from the Leyden Museum, volume 15 (1893), page 182
Collation of each volume: Mammalia: 51 plates (numbered 1-8, 8 bis, 9-17, 19-36, 38-53), with descriptive letterpress; Aves: 114 plates, with descriptive letterpress; Reptilia: 78 plates, with descriptive letterpress; Pisces: 31 plates, with descriptive letterpress; Invertebratae: 75 pages, 4 plates
With an appendix (28 pages)
Catalogue of the books, manuscripts, maps and drawings in the British Museum (Natural History), volume 4, page 1942
Mendelssohn, S. South African bibliography to the year 1925, volume 2, page 327-328
Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library, volume 2, pages 593-594
Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, 3868
Also available online
Ulber, Thomas M. "Sir Andrew Smith's 'Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa'. an annotated table of contents for the "Reptilia" volume. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service, (120): 1-17
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SCNHRB has 2 copies
SCNHRB copy 1 appears to be complete in 5 volumes (special title page for Invertebratae is not present; letterpress description for plate 114 in Aves wanting?; plate 111 in Aves is notably damaged by waterstaining, which has also affected parts of the other volumes in this set). The appendix is bound together with volume 5 (Invertebratae)
SCNHRB copy 1 has has charge-out pockets and cards of the Fall River Public Library (Massachusetts) on back paste-down endpapers; with FRPL accession numbers: 8200-8204
SCNHRB copy 1 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. The Russell E. Train Africana Collection. Train Collection accession number for the set: B1503
SCNHRB copy 1 has later quarter-binding of brown cloth and goatskin, with gilt lettering on spine. The original printed wrappers are not present
SCNHRB copy 2 is incomplete, having partial copies of volume 2 (Aves), volume 3 (Reptilia), and volume 4 (Pisces), and a complete copy of volume 5 (Invertebratae), only. The index leaves and appendix are wanting
SCNHRB volume 2, copy 2, Aves (39088015300320) has plates 1-105, with descriptive letterpress, bound together in 1 volume. Plates 106-114 and their accompanying descriptive letterpress are wanting
SCNHRB volume 2, copy 2 has stamps: Smithsonian Institution, U.S. National Museum; accession numbers: 295400-295401
SCNHRB volume 2, copy 2 has plates 51-105 and their letterpress descriptions bound at the front of the volume, with plates 1-50 and their letterpress descriptions following after
SCNHRB volume 2, copy 2 has a later green buckram "U.S.N.M." binding with gilt-lettered spine, and faux marbled endpapers and edges. The original printed wrappers for number XIX (dated November 1843) and number XX (1844) are bound in
SCNHRB volume 3, copy 2, Reptilia (39088015300247) has plates 1-30 and 32-49, with descriptive letterpress. The plates and letterpress description for 31 and 49-78 are wanting
SCNHRB volume 3, copy 2 has stamp on original front wrapper: Smithsonian Institution, U.S. National Museum; accession number 275839
SCNHRB volume 3, copy 2 has a later brown buckram "U.S.N.M" binding with gilt-lettered spine, and faux marbled endpapers and edges. The original printed brown stiff-paper wrapper for number XXII (March 1845) is bound in
SCNHRB volume 4, copy 2, Pisces (39088015300205) has plates 1-27 and their descriptive letterpress, only. The plates and letterpress description for 28-31 are wanting
SCNHRB volume 4, copy 2 has stamps: 1. (ink) Division of Fishes, U.S. National Museum; 2. (blind-embossed) Smithsonian Institution National Museum; accession no.: 229209
SCNHRB volume 4, copy 2 has a later brown half-leather "U.S.N.M." binding with gilt- and blind-tooled spine, and faux marbled paper boards and edges. The original printed stiff paper wrapper for mumber XXIII (October 1845) is bound in
SCNHRB volume 5, copy 2, Invertebratae (39088015278666) is complete, with [2], 75 pages and plates 1-4
SCNHRB volume 5, copy 2 has stamps: 1. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum; accession number: 340086; 2. Invertebrate Zoology, Crustacea
SCNHRB volume 5, copy 2 has a later brown buckram "U.S.N.M." binding with gilt-lettered spine. The original printed paper wrapper is bound in
