Record The unpublished plates for A.E. Verrill's unfinished report on the Alcyonaria of the "Blake" expeditions : with revised explanations of the figures transcribed from A.E. Verrill's original typescript / edited by Frederick M. Bayer and Stephen D. Cairns | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution

The unpublished plates for A.E. Verrill's unfinished report on the Alcyonaria of the "Blake" expeditions : with revised explanations of the figures transcribed from A.E. Verrill's original typescript / edited by Frederick M. Bayer and Stephen D. Cairns

Author:: Verrill, A. E (Addison Emery) 1839-1926 Search this; Bayer, Frederick M Search this; Cairns, Stephen D (Stephen Douglas) 1949- Search this; National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Zoology Search this; Ernst Mayr Library Search this

Physical description:: viii, [11] p., 156 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm

Notes:: The Blake expeditions took place between 1877 and 1880; Verrill also planned to include details on specimens taken from other late 19th century scientific expeditions in his report.; "Courtesy of The Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, Harvard University."; Most plates signed "A.H. Verrill del." or "A.H. Verrill photo."; Edition limited to 50 copies.; Plates include reproductions of Verrill's own ms. annotations and corrections.