Index ornithologicus, sive, Systema ornithologiae : complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates : adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. / studio et opera Joannis Latham ..
Supplementary to the author's "General synopsis of birds," 1781-85--Cf. Zimmer, p. 373
Paged continuously.
Errata: p. xviii, v. 1.
Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., p. 372-3
Wood, C. Vertebrate zoology, p. 427
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SCNHRB has two copies.
SCNHRB c. 1 (39088015710106, 39088015710148) has occasional pencilled ms. markings to text.
SCNHRB c. 1 has stamped in red on t.p.'s: Smithsonian Institution [ms. acc. no.] 6321-2. Stamped on vero of t.p.'s: Smithsonian Library Sep 3 1958.
SCNHRB c. 1 bound in red library buckram, title in gilt on spine, marbled edges.
SCNHRB c. 2 (39088015710189, 39088015710221) has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, gift of Marcia Brady Tucker. With the Tucker pencilled collational notes on t.p.
SCNHRB c. 2 half bound in polished calf and marbled paper boards, ink ms. spine label over black leather labels.
