Memoir on the pearly nautilus (Nautilus pompilius, Linn.) : with illustrations of its external form and internal structure / drawn up by Richard Owen ; published by direction of the council
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Physical description:
[2], 68 pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Date:
1832
Notes:
"Published by direction of the Council."
Plates engraved by Zeitter.
Includes plates numbered 1-8 showing various anatomical features in outline, faced by 7 unnumbered plates showing shaded drawings of the same features.
Plates are accompanied by laid-in blank tissue guard-sheets.
Also available online.
SCNHRB has three copies.
SCNHRB c. 1 (39088013483169) has bookplate of the Library of Congress (stamped Nov 28 1938 duplicate exchange).
SCNHRB c. 1 has written in ink at head of t.p.: From the Royal College of Surgeons in London to the National Institute, Washington.
SCNHRB c. 1 has stamped on t.p.: National Institute, Duplicate of bound copy in Smith'n Coll, Smithsonian Institution [in red], Smithsonian Institution National Museum Dec 7 1938 [acc. no.] 308814.
SCNHRB c. 2 (39088013483201) has stamp on front paste-down endpaper: S.S. Berry ... Redlands, Cal.; date added in ms. ink: 20:V:1927.
SCNHRB c. 2 has autographs of two former owners [?] on t.p.: Cluny; Schultz; also on verso of t.p.: Lenokartz.
SCNHRB c. 2 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Bequest of S. Stillman Berry. Gift of Clyde Roper.
SCNHRB c. 1&2 is bound in the original purple (now faded) cloth binding, with a black paper spine label with gilt-stamped binder's title.
SCNHRB c. 3 (39088013483243) with bookplate of William Healey Dall, Division of Mollusks Sectional Library. Stamped on front free endpaper & t.p.: Division of Mollusks Sectional Library.
SCNHRB c. 3 inscribed in ink on t.p.: To Mr. Godby (or Godley?) with the author's best wishes. Unidentified inscription on t.p.
SCNHRB c. 3 bound in maroon buckram, title in gilt on spine, with label: bound through the generosity of the National Capital Shell Club.
