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Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili / di Gio: Ignazio Molina

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Author:
Molina, Giovanni Ignazio 1740-1829  Search this
Illustrator:
Frulli, Giovanni Battista -approximately 1826  Search this
Engraver:
Rosaspina, Francesco 1762-1841  Search this
Former owner:
Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman) 1887-1984 DSI  Search this
Donor:
Roper, Clyde F. E. 1937- DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[6], v, 306, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : port., map ; 31 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Chile
Date:
1810
Notes:
First published in 1782.
Frontispiece port. signed: I.B. Frullius ad vivum del.; F. Rosaspina sculps. a. 1805.
"Flora selecta regni chilensis juxta systema Linneanum": p. 277-301.
"Catalogo di alcuni termini chilesi appartenenti all' istoria naturale": p. 302-306.
Errata on final 2 p.
Also available online.
SCNHRB has two copies.
SCNHRB c. 1 (39088008193823) is the gift of Brian Kensley, 1995.
SCNHRB c. 1 is bound in old gilt-tooled half-leather over marbled paper boards with raised bands and sprinkled edges.
SCNHRB c. 2 (39088008863847) has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Bequest of S. Stillman Berry. Gift of Clyde Roper.
SCNHRB c. 2 has stamp on front paste-down endpaper: S. Stillman Berry ... Redlands, California; dated in ms. ink: 10.X.1951.
SCNHRB c. 2 has pencilled annotation concerning the bookseller Wheldon & Wesley (Berry's source for the book?) on back free endpaper.
SCNHRB c. 2 has later red cloth binding with gilt-lettered spine.
Elecresource
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Call number:
QH119 .M7 1810X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_505385