A nomenclature of colors for naturalists and compendium of useful knowledge for ornithologists by Robert Ridgway ; with ten colored plates and seven plates of outline illustrations
129 pages, XVII leaves of plates illustrations (some color) 22 cm
Type:
Terminology
Date:
1886
Notes:
"Copyright, 1885 ... University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge"-- Verso of title page
Some plates accompanied by a leaf of descriptive letterpress
Some plates hand-colored
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SCNHRB has eight copies
SCNHRB c. 1 (39088016528531; formerly 591.15.R544 NH) has bookplate: G. Brown Goode, U.S. National Museum
SCNHRB c. 1 embossed on title page: Smithsonian Institution National Museum [pencilled accession number] 172799
SCNHRB c. 1 has inscribed in ink on 2nd front free endpaper: Mr. G. Brown Goode, with the kind regards of Robert Ridgway, January 15 1887. A review of Ridgway's book, cut from the Athenaeum July 23, 1887 ([1] page) is mounted on the back paste-down endpaper
SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries Adopt-a-Book program. Adopted by Robin Duska on July 2, 2019
SCNHRB c. 1 in original green publisher's cloth binding, title in gilt on front cover and spine, gray polished endpapers
SCNHRB c. 2 (39088016528622) has inscribed in ink on 1st front free endpaper: A. Wetmore
SCNHRB c. 2 in original green publisher's cloth binding, title in gilt on front cover and spine, gray polished endpapers
SCNHRB c. 3 (39088016528333; formerly QC45.R54 Birds) inscribed in ink on front free endpaper: Edgar A. Mearns
SCNHRB c. 3 has a black buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine
SCNHRB c. 3 stamped on front free endpaper: Smithsonian Libraries Oct 22 1987
SCNHRB c. 3 stamped on title page: Smithsonian Institution U.S. National Museum Mearns Collection [handwritten accession number] 283375. There are a few brief handwritten pencil annotations in the text
SCNHRB c. 4 (39088016528374; formerly QC45.R54 c. 2 Birds) stamped on front free endpaper: Smithsonian Libraries Oct 22 1987
SCNHRB c. 4 has a black buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine and gray endpapers
SCNHRB c. 4 stamped on title page: Library, U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution Oct 22 1890 [handwritten accession number] 137415
SCNHRB c. 5 (39088016528275; formerly 591.R544 Rept) stamped on verso of title page: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Jul 22 1913 [handwritten accession number] 227238
SCNHRB c. 5 has a brown buckram library binding with white lettered spine
SCNHRB c. 5 has a small leaf ([2] pages) with printed caption title of the Smithsonian Institution U.S. National Museum laid in, with handwritten notes in pencil and ink giving the equivalent vernacular German measurements for variations of one foot, and the colors for a few species. See library staff for access
SCNHRB c. 6 bound in redish-brown library buckram, title in white on spine
SCNHRB c. 6 (39088016528416; formerly 591.15 .R544 c. 6 Rept) has minor water damage to the title leaf and first 38 pages. A few of the leaves and plates have clumsy repairs made with tape
SCNHRB c. 6 has a few brief handwritten annotations and marks in pencil
SCNHRB c. 7 (39088016528697; formerly QC45.R54 c. 2 Mamm) has stamps on title page verso: Smithsonian Library, Sep. 20, 1956; Gerrit S. Miller Jr. Gift
SCNHRB c. 7 has a modern red buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine
SCNHRB c. 8 (39088016528358; formerly QC45.R54 NZP / 591.157 .R54 NH) has stamp on title page: Smithsonian Institution, National Zoological Park, Mar. 1, 1934
SCNHRB c. 8 has the original green publisher's cloth binding with title in gilt on front cover and spine, black polished endpapers.
