Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs
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Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs
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- Meyer, H. L. (Henry Leonard), d. 1864; Meyer, H. L. (Henry Leonard), d. 1864. Illustrations of British birds; Rutter, Daniel, former owner. DSI; Rolle, Mark, former owner. DSI; S. & J. Bentley, Wilson & Fley, printer; S. & J. Bentley and Henry Fley, printer
- Publication date
- 1842
- Topics
- Birds, Birds, Birds, Taxidermists, Birds
- Publisher
- London : G.W. Nickisson
- Collection
- biodiversity
- Contributor
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Language
- English
- Volume
- v. 7, c. 1
First octavo ed.; based upon Meyer's Illustrations of British birds, published in 9 folio volumes between 1835 and 1850
Issued in parts
Vol. 3-7 published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co
Vol. 1-5 printed by S. & J. Bentley, Wilson, and Fley; v. 6-7 printed by S. & J. Bentley and Henry Fley
Engraved vignette on t.p.'s
Collation of each volume: v. 1. iv, 230 p., 62 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 1-45, 12 unnumbered egg plates, and 5 unnumbered uncolored plates); v. 2. iv, 233, [1] p., 58 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 46-90, and 13 unnumbered egg plates); v. 3. iv, 240 p., 60 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 91-135, and 15 unnumbered egg plates); v. 4. iv, 214, [2] p., 60 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 136-180, and 15 unnumbered egg plates); v. 5. iv, 192 p., 60 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 181-225, and 15 unnumbered egg plates); v. 6. iv, 185 p., 60 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 226-270, 14 unnumbered egg plates, and 1 unnumbered uncolored plate); v. 7. viii, 206 p., 71 leaves of plates (52 colored plates numbered 271-322, 17 unnumbered egg plates, and 2 unnumbered uncolored plates)
The numbers 133-134 were omitted from the pagination of v. 7 by the printer, with no loss of text
"[L]ist of the principal London bird-stuffers": v. 7, p. 202
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Wood, C.A. Vertebrate zoology
Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbücher
Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib.
Raymond M. Sutton, Jr.;
extracted picklist
SCNHRB has two copies: c. 1 is complete; and c. 2 lacks the illustrated leaves of plates
SCNHRB c. 1 has plate 55 misbound after plate 56 in v. 2
SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplates: 1. (Armorial) Daniel Rutter; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased with funds from Celia Barteau
SCNHRB c. 1 has a later green half-leather binding with marbled paper boards; gilt-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; and top-edge gilt; re-backed
SCNHRB c. 2 is imperfect: p. 141-144 (to accompany plate CLXIV, the Heron) are wanting in v. 3. None of the leaves of plates are present in c. 2
SCNRHB c. 2 has armorial bookplate of Mark Rolle, with motto: Nec rege nec populo sed utroque
SCNHRB c. 2 has a gilt-tooled half-leather binding with brown embossed cloth boards, raised bands, and red sprinkled edges
Issued in parts
Vol. 3-7 published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co
Vol. 1-5 printed by S. & J. Bentley, Wilson, and Fley; v. 6-7 printed by S. & J. Bentley and Henry Fley
Engraved vignette on t.p.'s
Collation of each volume: v. 1. iv, 230 p., 62 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 1-45, 12 unnumbered egg plates, and 5 unnumbered uncolored plates); v. 2. iv, 233, [1] p., 58 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 46-90, and 13 unnumbered egg plates); v. 3. iv, 240 p., 60 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 91-135, and 15 unnumbered egg plates); v. 4. iv, 214, [2] p., 60 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 136-180, and 15 unnumbered egg plates); v. 5. iv, 192 p., 60 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 181-225, and 15 unnumbered egg plates); v. 6. iv, 185 p., 60 leaves of plates (45 colored plates numbered 226-270, 14 unnumbered egg plates, and 1 unnumbered uncolored plate); v. 7. viii, 206 p., 71 leaves of plates (52 colored plates numbered 271-322, 17 unnumbered egg plates, and 2 unnumbered uncolored plates)
The numbers 133-134 were omitted from the pagination of v. 7 by the printer, with no loss of text
"[L]ist of the principal London bird-stuffers": v. 7, p. 202
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Wood, C.A. Vertebrate zoology
Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbücher
Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib.
Raymond M. Sutton, Jr.;
extracted picklist
SCNHRB has two copies: c. 1 is complete; and c. 2 lacks the illustrated leaves of plates
SCNHRB c. 1 has plate 55 misbound after plate 56 in v. 2
SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplates: 1. (Armorial) Daniel Rutter; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased with funds from Celia Barteau
SCNHRB c. 1 has a later green half-leather binding with marbled paper boards; gilt-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; and top-edge gilt; re-backed
SCNHRB c. 2 is imperfect: p. 141-144 (to accompany plate CLXIV, the Heron) are wanting in v. 3. None of the leaves of plates are present in c. 2
SCNRHB c. 2 has armorial bookplate of Mark Rolle, with motto: Nec rege nec populo sed utroque
SCNHRB c. 2 has a gilt-tooled half-leather binding with brown embossed cloth boards, raised bands, and red sprinkled edges
Notes
Irregular page numbering.
- Addeddate
- 2012-08-14 16:32:05
- Associated-names
- Meyer, H. L. (Henry Leonard), d. 1864. Illustrations of British birds; Rutter, Daniel, former owner; Rolle, Mark, former owner; S. & J. Bentley, Wilson & Fley, printer; S. & J. Bentley and Henry Fley, printer
- Call number
- 39088015014962
- Camera
- Canon 5D
- External-identifier
- urn:oclc:record:1042138089
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Identifier
- colouredillustra71meye
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t31272x82
- Identifier-bib
- 39088015014962
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- Pages
- 368
- Possible copyright status
- NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
- Ppi
- 400
- References
- Wood, C.A. Vertebrate zoology, p. 462; Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbücher, 628; Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., I, p. 433
- Republisher_date
- 20180405170033
- Republisher_operator
- associate-daniel-euphrat@archive.org
- Scandate
- 20180405170512
- Scanner
- scribe1.washingtondc.archive.org
- Scanningcenter
- washingtondc
- Title_id
- 924593
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 9637124
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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