Author:

Hamilton, Francis 1762-1829  Search this

Former owner:

Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887 DSI  Search this

Engraver:

Swaine, John 1775-1860  Search this

Physical description:

[iii]-vii, 405 p. ; 27 cm. + 1 atlas ([39] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 28 x 38 cm.)

Type:

Electronic resources

Place:

Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)

Date:

1822

Notes:

Atlas has no t.p.

The atlas plates are signed by the engraver J. Swaine.

Errata slip tipped-in after p. vii.

Colophon: Printed by George Ramsay & Co. Edinburgh, 1822.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Wood, C.A. Vertebrate zoology, p. 266

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, 1809

Also available online.

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SCNHRB copy text v. (39088015067812) has stamped on t.p.: Library, U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution Mar 3 1882 [acc. no.] 124802.

SCNHRB copy atlas (39088015067853) has inscribed in ink on front free endpaper: S.F. Baird, Carlisle, Pa., received 7th November, 1828.

SCNHRB copy quarter bound in recent red goatskin and linen-covered boards, title in gilt on spine, marbled edges.

Topic:

Fishes  Search this

Call number:

QL634.I5 H36 1822

QL634.I5 B36 1822

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_91775