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Third annual report of the Regents of the University, on the condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the historical and antiquarian collection, annexed thereto

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Author:
University of the State of New York  Search this
Beck, Lewis C (Lewis Caleb) 1798-1853  Search this
Hall, James 1811-1898  Search this
Hough, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin) 1822-1885  Search this
Lansing, Gerrit Yates 1783-1862  Search this
Morgan, Lewis Henry 1818-1881  Search this
State Cabinet of Natural History (N.Y.)  Search this
Former owner:
Sturtevant, William C. DSI  Search this
Subject:
De Rham, Henry C (Henry Casimir) approximately 1818-1840 Natural history collections  Search this
Morgan, Lewis Henry 1818-1881 Ethnological collections  Search this
Squier, E. G (Ephraim George) 1821-1888 Ethnological collections  Search this
Physical description:
183 pages, [28] leaves of plates in various foliations (2 folded) illustrations (some color) 23 cm
Type:
Catalogs and collections
Embossed bindings (Binding)
Place:
New York (State)
New York (State).)
United States
Date:
1850
Notes:
"Printed by order of the Assembly of the State of New-York"
Also includes information on donations made from the collections of H. Casimir de Rham, Jr. and E.G. Squier
"Report to the Regents ... upon the articles furnished to the Indian collection, by Lewis H. Morgan"--Pages [63]-95
Transmitted by G.Y. Lansing
"Dr. Hough's paper on Indian antiquities": Pages [99]-105
"Report on the mineralogy of New-York", by Lewis C. Beck, M.D.: Pages [109]-153
"Index to the volumes in the State Cabinet of Natural History, containing the plants of the state of New York": Pages [161]-172
"Description of new species of fossils and observations upon some other species previously not well known, from the Trenton limestone", by James Hall: Pages [173]-183
Collation of plates: 1st group, for the gift from L.H. Morgan: 1-6, 6a, 7-17 (plate 5 is folded); 2nd group, for Hough's paper on Indian antiquities: 1-5; 3rd group, for the plants of the state of New York: 1-5 (plate 5 is folded)
SCNHRB copy 39088015300056 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift from the library of William C. Sturtevant. With Sturtevant's stamp on the front free endpaper. An illegible autograph of a former owner is crossed through on the front free endpaper. On the back free endpaper, there is a handwritten note in pencil (from Sturtevant?): $2.50 Henry Tripp, NY, Mar. 1960. A photocopy of two booksellers' descriptions of this edition ([1] page) is laid in
SCNHRB copy has the blind-stamped purple embossed-cloth publisher's binding with gilt-stamped spine and yellow endpapers
Topic:
Fossils  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Clothing  Search this
Minerals  Search this
Natural history  Search this
Plants  Search this
Tobacco  Search this
Indians of North America  Search this
Call number:
QH70.N7 T4 1850b
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_955174