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Letters concerning the northern coast of the county of Antrim : containing a natural history of its basaltes: with an account of such circumstances as are worthy of notice respecting the antiquities, manners and customs of that country : the whole illustrated by an accurate map of the coast, roads, mountains, &c. : in these letters is stated a plain and impartial view of the volcanic theory of the...

Title:
Letters concerning the coast of Antrim
Author:
Hamilton, William 1755-1797  Search this
Former owner:
Smithson, James 1765-1829 DSI  Search this
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 195, [1] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 23 cm (8vo)
Type:
Books
Early works to 1800
Place:
Northern Ireland
Antrim
Antrim (Northern Ireland : County)
Date:
1786
M.DCC.LXXXVI [1786]
Topic:
Geology  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
DA990.A6 H3 1786
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edanmdm:siris_sil_899214

An essay on the natural history of Guiana, in South America : containing a description of many curious productions in the animal and vegetable systems of that country : together with an account of the religion, manners, and customs of several tribes of its Indian inhabitants : interspersed with a variety of literary and medical observations : in several letters / from a gentleman of the medical fa...

Title:
Natural history of Guiana
Author:
Bancroft, Edward 1744-1821  Search this
Ill:
Park, Moses  Search this
Former owner:
Hrdlička, Aleš 1869-1943 DSI  Search this
Wetmore, Alexander 1886-1978 DSI  Search this
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[4], iv, 402, [6] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (etching) ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Type:
Early works to 1800
Place:
Suriname
Date:
1769
MDCCLXIX [1769]
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
QH125 .B36 1769
Data Source:
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edanmdm:siris_sil_910933

Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont D'Urville, capitaine de vaisseau

Title:
Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe
Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829
Voyage de l'Astrolabe
Author:
Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César 1790-1842  Search this
Sainson M. de (Louis Auguste) 1801-1887  Search this
Lesson, A (Adolphe) b. 1805  Search this
Quoy, Jean René Constant 1790-1869  Search this
Gaimard, Paul 1790-1858  Search this
Boisduval, Jean Alphonse 1801-1879  Search this
Richard, Achille 1794-1852  Search this
Former owner:
Monteiro DSI  Search this
Henderson, J. B (John Brooks) 1870-1923 DSI  Search this
Dall, William Healey 1845-1927 DSI  Search this
Bayer, Frederick M. DSI  Search this
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Subject:
Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César 1790-1842  Search this
Astrolabe (Frigate)  Search this
Astrolabe Expedition (1826-1829)  Search this
Physical description:
13 v. : ill., maps ; 23-26 cm. + 4 atlases (54 cm.)
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Oceania
Islands of the Pacific
Date:
1830
1835
1830-1835
Topic:
Voyages around the world  Search this
Natural history  Search this
Zoology  Search this
Botany  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
DU21 .V69 1830
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edanmdm:siris_sil_912752

Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation : pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée / par M. le cher. Cuvier ; avec figures, dessinées d'après nature

Author:
Cuvier, Georges baron 1769-1832  Search this
Latreille, P. A (Pierre André) 1762-1833  Search this
Ill:
Laurillard, Charles Léopold 1783-1853  Search this
Engraver:
Pierron, Jean Antoine fl. 1780-1812  Search this
Louvet, G. P.  Search this
Former owner:
Goode, G. Brown (George Brown) 1851-1896 DSI  Search this
Wood, William W. DSI  Search this
Schaus, William 1859-1942 DSI  Search this
Dall, William Healey 1845-1927 DSI  Search this
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Physical description:
4 v., XV leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Classification
Date:
1817
Topic:
Zoology  Search this
Animals  Search this
Natural history--Classification  Search this
Anatomy  Search this
Call number:
QL45 .C98 1817
QL45.C98 1817
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edanmdm:siris_sil_105184

Verzeichniss einer Sammlung südafricanischer Naturalien, welche am 18ten August 1834 durch den Königl. Auctions-Commissarius Rauch im zoologischen Museum der Universität in öffentlicher Auction versteigert werden sollen

Title:
Zoologisches Museum, Berlin. Catalogues, 1816-1856 DSI
Author:
Lichtenstein, Hinrich 1780-1857  Search this
Zoologisches Museum (Berlin, Germany)  Search this
Rauch (Firm)  Search this
Former owner:
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Subject:
Zoologisches Museum (Berlin, Germany)  Search this
Physical description:
16 p. ; 22 cm
Type:
Catalogs and collections
Catalogs
Auction catalogs
Place:
Germany
Berlin
South Africa
Date:
1834
Topic:
Zoological specimens  Search this
Geological specimens  Search this
Natural history  Search this
Zoological museums  Search this
Call number:
QL71.B5 A2X 1816
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_923641

Vertellingen van den onderwijzer Schoolvriend, over Nederlandsche voortbrengsels der natuurlijke historie / door R.G. Rijkens

Title:
Nederlandsche voortbrengsels der natuurlijke historie
Author:
Rijkens, R. G (Roelf Gerrit) 1795-1855  Search this
Woodcutter:
Cranendoncq, A. 1799-1869  Search this
Former owner:
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. in 3 : ill. ; 16 cm
Type:
Juvenile literature
Readers
Place:
Netherlands
Date:
1829
1835
1829-1835
Topic:
Animals  Search this
Natural history  Search this
Birds  Search this
Nature--Religious aspects  Search this
Dutch language  Search this
Call number:
PZ16.3 .R55 1829
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_923150

Das Zoologische Museum der Universität zu Berlin / von Hinrich Lichtenstein

Title:
Zoologisches Museum, Berlin. Catalogues, 1816-1856 DSI
Author:
Lichtenstein, Hinrich 1780-1857  Search this
Zoologisches Museum (Berlin, Germany)  Search this
Former owner:
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Subject:
Zoologisches Museum (Berlin, Germany)  Search this
Physical description:
[8], 120 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : plan ; 20 cm. bound to 23 cm
Type:
Catalogs and collections
Catalogs
Place:
Germany
Berlin
Date:
1818
Topic:
Zoological specimens  Search this
Zoological museums  Search this
Call number:
QL71.B5 A2X 1816
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_923542

Ioh. Christ. Fabricii hist. nat. oeconom. et cameral. p.p.o. ... Systema piezatorum secundum ordines, genera, species : adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus

Title:
Systema piezatorum secundum ordines, genera, species
Author:
Fabricius, Johann Christian 1745-1808  Search this
Former owner:
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Physical description:
XIV, [1], 16-439, [1], 30, [2] p. ; 22 cm
Type:
Classification
Date:
1822
Topic:
Hymenoptera  Search this
Call number:
QL566 .F12 1822
QL566.F12 1822
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_448674

Dictionnaire des arts de peinture, sculpture et gravure / par M. Watelet ... & M. Lévesque ..

Title:
Arts de peinture, sculpture et gravure
Author:
Watelet, Claude-Henri 1718-1786  Search this
Levesque, P. Ch  Search this
Former owner:
Le Boutillier, James DSI  Search this
Hewitt, Sarah 1859-1930 DSI  Search this
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Physical description:
5 v., [1] folded leaf of plates ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Type:
Dictionaries
Early works to 1800
Date:
1792
Topic:
Art  Search this
Call number:
N33 .W32 1792
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_455547

Hand-books of natural philosophy and astronomy / by Dionysius Lardner ; illustrated by upwards of four hundred engravings on wood

Title:
Lardner's natural philosophy (v.1)
Author:
Lardner, Dionysius 1793-1859  Search this
David H. DeVorkin Collection (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI  Search this
Former owner:
Army Medical Library (U.S.) DSI  Search this
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Physical description:
3 v., XXXVII leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 20 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1851
1854
1851-1854
Topic:
Physics  Search this
Astronomy  Search this
Call number:
QC21 .L32 1851
QC21.L32 1851
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_432151

Brooklyn & Long Island Sanitary Fair 1864

Title:
Brooklyn and Long Island Fair history DSI
Issuing body:
Brooklyn and Long Island Fair in Aid of the United States Sanitary Commission (1864)  Search this
Inscriber:
Farley, Frederick A (Frederick Augustus) 1800-1892 DSI  Search this
Event place:
Brooklyn Academy of Music  Search this
Lithographer:
A. Brown & Co.  Search this
Former owner:
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Subject:
Brooklyn Academy of Music  Search this
United States Sanitary Commission  Search this
Brooklyn and Long Island Fair in Aid of the United States Sanitary Commission (1864)  Search this
Physical description:
189, [1] pages, [7] folded leaves of plates : 5 color illustrations, 2 plans ; 29 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Pictorial works
History
Place:
United States
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Long Island (N.Y.)
Date:
1864
Civil War, 1861-1865
Topic:
History  Search this
War work  Search this
Call number:
E632 .B87 1864
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_479532

Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes / par A. Risso

Author:
Risso, A (Antoine) 1777-1845  Search this
Illustrator:
Prêtre, Jean Gabriel  Search this
Engraver:
Plée, Victoire  Search this
Former owner:
Moreau, Émile 1823-1896 DSI  Search this
Dall, William Healey 1845-1927 DSI  Search this
Gore, Robert H. DSI  Search this
McLaughlin, Patsy A. DSI  Search this
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Donor:
Lemaitre, Rafael DSI  Search this
Printer:
Imprimerie de Lachevardiere fils  Search this
Physical description:
5 v., [49] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 22 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
France
Alpes-Maritimes
Nice
Date:
1826
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Botany  Search this
Call number:
QK313 .R59 1826
QK313.R59 1826
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_444145

A Diary of the wreck of His Majesty's ship Challenger, on the western coast of South America, in May, 1835 : with an account of the subsequent encampment of the officers and crew, during a period of seven weeks, on the south coast of Chili

Author:
Rothery, G. A  Search this
Lithographer:
Walton, W. L. active 1834-1855  Search this
Printer of plates:
Hullmandel, Charles Joseph 1789-1850  Search this
Former owner:
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Subject:
Challenger (Ship : 1826-1835)  Search this
Physical description:
[4], 160 pages, [4] leaves of plates (3 folded) : illustrations (lithographs), map, plan ; 24 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Chile
Arauco (Chile : Province)
Date:
1836
Topic:
Shipwrecks  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F3126 .D53X 1836
F3126.D53X 1836
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_408695

Tōkyō daiezu

Author:
Yoshidaya, Fumisaburō  Search this
Donor:
Yano, Giro DSI  Search this
Former owner:
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Physical description:
1 map : col. ; 141 x 147 cm., on sheet 146 x 152 cm. folded to 26 x 19 cm
Type:
Printed maps
Place:
Tokyo (Japan)
Date:
1869
Meiji 2 [1869]
Topic:
Maps  Search this
Call number:
G7964.T7 1869 .Y65
G7964.T7 1869.Y65
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_405133

Die Gattung Paludomus auct. (Tanalia, Stomatodon, Philopotamis, Paludomus) (Melaniaceen) / bearbeitet von Dr. A. Brot

Author:
Brot, Auguste Louis 1821-1896  Search this
Martini, Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm 1729-1778  Search this
Chemnitz, Johann Hieronymus 1730-1800  Search this
Former owner:
Dall, William Healey 1845-1927 DSI  Search this
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[4], 52 pages, 8 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Date:
1880
Topic:
Thiaridae  Search this
Melanatria  Search this
Mollusks  Search this
Call number:
QL404 .M38 1844 Bd. 1 Abt. 25-26
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_452550

Meteorological register for the years 1822, 1823, 1824, & 1825 : from observations made by the surgeons of the army at the military posts of the United States / prepared under the direction of Joseph Lovell

Title:
Meteorological register for the years 1822, 1823, 1824, and 1825
Author:
United States Surgeon-General's Office  Search this
Lovell, Joseph 1788-1836  Search this
Former owner:
Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (U.S.) DSI  Search this
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Physical description:
63 p. : charts ; 24 cm
Type:
Observations
Tables
Place:
United States
Date:
1826
Topic:
Weather  Search this
Meteorology  Search this
Atmospheric temperature  Search this
Winds  Search this
Precipitation (Meteorology)  Search this
Rain and rainfall  Search this
Snow  Search this
Call number:
QC878 .U58 1826
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_453007

Bemerkungen über die Schildkrötensammlung im Zoologischen Museum der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg / von Alexander Strauch ; mit 4 phototypischen Tafeln ; (lu le 9 octobre 1890)

Author:
Imperatorskaia akademīia nauk (Russia) Zoologicheskīĭ muzeĭ  Search this
Strauch, Alexander 1832-1893  Search this
Former owner:
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Subject:
Imperatorskaia akademīia nauk (Russia) Zoologicheskīĭ muzeĭ  Search this
Physical description:
[2], 127, [1] p., IV leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm
Type:
Catalogs and collections
Place:
Russia
Date:
1890
Topic:
Turtles  Search this
Call number:
QL666.C5 I34 1890
QL666.C5I34 1890
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_448200

On the dates of the 'Encyclopédie méthodique' (zoology) / by C. Davies Sherborn and B.B. Woodward ..

Author:
Sherborn, Charles Davies 1861-1942  Search this
Woodward, B. B (Bernard Barham) 1853-1930  Search this
Former owner:
Sherborn, Charles Davies 1861-1942 DSI  Search this
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Publisher:
Zoological Society of London  Search this
Physical description:
pages 582-584 ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1893
Topic:
Zoology  Search this
Call number:
QL45 .S55 1893
QL45.S55 1893
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_446894

Washington its public and private edifices, interiors, monuments, and works of art : a collection of superior engravings on wood, by eminent artists

Title:
Washington illustrated
Author:
Keim, De B. Randolph (De Benneville Randolph) 1841-1914  Search this
Former owner:
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Subject:
Smithsonian Institution History  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Buildings History  Search this
Physical description:
[96] p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 17 x 23 cm
Type:
Books
Pictorial works
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1881
C1881
19th century
Call number:
F195 .K45 1881
F195.W3172 1881
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_428762

Chicago sergisi = The Chicago fair illustrated

Title:
Chicago fair illustrated
Former owner:
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Author:
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)  Search this
Subject:
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)  Search this
Physical description:
1 v. : ill. ; 39 cm
Type:
Periodicals
Place:
Illinois
Chicago
Date:
1893
Topic:
Turkish newspapers  Search this
Call number:
T500.L1 C529
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_495814

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