Author:

Say, Thomas 1787-1834  Search this

Illustrator:

Peale, Titian Ramsay 1799-1885  Search this

Lesueur, Charles Alexandre 1778-1846  Search this

Wood, W. W. active 1825-1830  Search this

Engraver:

Bridport, Hugh 1794-ca. 1868  Search this

Lang, George S. b. 1799  Search this

Longacre, James Barton 1794-1869  Search this

Tiebout, Cornelius 1777-1832  Search this

Former owner:

Fischer von Waldheim, Gotthelf 1771-1853 DSI  Search this

Hay, William Perry 1872-1947 DSI  Search this

Barber, Herbert Spencer 1882-1950 DSI  Search this

Inscriber:

Middleton, A. J. DSI  Search this

Physical description:

3 volumes, [54] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Type:

Pictorial works

Place:

North America

Date:

1824

1828

1824-1828

Notes:

"Six plates of the present volume, together with their accompanying text, were printed off in the year 1817, but as they were never properly published, it has been thought advisable to include them in the present work"--Volume 1, page vii.

"Philadelphia Museum."

Volume 1 has an added engraved title page, signed: C.A. Le Sueur del.

Plates illustrated by T.R. Peale, C.A. Lesueur, and W.W. Wood; and engraved by H. Bridport, G. Lang, Longacre, and C. Tiebout.

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, 3612

Horn & Schenkling. Index litt. entomologiae, 19004

Also available online.

Elecresource

SCNHRB has v. 1 (39088014412761) and v. 2 (39088014412852), only. Plate 19 is wanting; an extra copy of plate 21 is bound in v. 2. Some of the plates have closely cropped edges and are wanting their plate numbers.

SCNHRB copy has stamps: Smithsonian Library, Jan. 13, 1956; Smithsonian Institution, U.S. National Museum, H.S. Barber Collection. Accession nos.: v. 1, 352407; v. 2, 352408.

SCNHRB copy has ms. ink inscriptions in v. 1: W.P. Hay, Aug. 30, 1940; Pour son excellens Monsr. Gotthelf Fischer de la part de A.J. Middleton.

SCNHRB copy has red buckram library bindings with gilt-lettered spines and gray endpapers.

Topic:

Insects  Search this

Entomology  Search this

Call number:

QL466 .S27 1824

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

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