[12] leaves of plates : all color illustrations ; 13 x 198 cm, folded to 13 x 18 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Place:
Hawaii
Date:
1905
1910
Notes:
Cover title
Consists of 12 colored plates joined at the front and back edges in a continuous strip, and folded in accordion style; the first plate is tipped-in on page [2] of the cover
Place and name of publisher taken from page [3] of cover
The illustrations are reproduced from selected images appearing in The shore fishes of the Hawaiian Islands with a general account of the fish fauna, by David Starr Jordan and B.W. Evermann (part 1 of The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands, published between 1905 and 1906; based on specimens collected by the United States Fish Commission during the 1902 expedition of the steamer Albatross)
Illustrations attributed to A. H. Baldwin, Charles Bradford Hudson and Kako Morita, based on their names appearing as illustrator on similar plates in The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands
Printed in Germany
The plates are printed on the recto side, only
A description of the Honolulu Aquarium (founded in 1904) is printed on page [3] of the cover.
Also available online
SCNHRB copy 39088015006653 features the following fish species: Humuhumu; Kihikihi; Kapuhili; Hinalea; Nakunuku; Ohua; Chaetodon; Julis Eydouxi; Hilupilikoa; Akilolo; Kala; Nohu
SCNHRB copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Dr. Bruce Carlson
SCNHRB copy has the original gilt-stamped and illustrated red embossed-cloth binding; housed in an archival envelope for preservation
