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Animal biography, or, Authentic anecdotes of the lives, manners, and economy, of the animal creation : arranged according to the system of Linnaeus

by: Bingley, William, 1774-1823; Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916, former owner. DSI

Publication date: 1804

Topics: Zoology, Animal behavior

Publisher: London : Printed for Richard Phillips and sold by all booksellers

Collection: biodiversity; smithsonian; americana

Contributor: Smithsonian Libraries

Language: English

Volume: v 1

Vol. 1 printed by S. Rousseau; v. 3 printed by C. Mercier and Co

Vol. 3 has imprint: London: Printed for R. Phillips ... and sold by T. Hurst ..., E. Balfour, Edinburgh, and J. Archer, Dublin

Includes indexes

"List of the principal works that form the foundation of the following volumes" : v.1, p. [ix]-xxiii

I. Quadrupeds -- II. Quadrupeds. Birds -- III. Amphibious animals. Fishes. Insects. Worms

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SCNHRB copy (39088015066087, 39088015066129) has v. 1 and v. 3, only

SCNHRB copy has ink signature of Edgar A. Mearns on front paste-down and t.p

SCNHRB copy stamped on t.p.: Mearns Collection. Smithsonian Institution National Museum [acc. no.] 241410

SCNHRB copy half bound in sheepskin and brown paper boards; red leather spine label with title in gilt