A general history of birds
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A general history of birds
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- Latham, John, 1740-1837; Latham, John, 1740-1837. General synopsis of birds; Latham, John, 1740-1837. Index to the General history of birds; Chanler, Robert Winthrop, 1872-1930, donor. DSI; Wright, J., binder. DSI; Bailer Bros. (Firm), binder. DSI; E. Weyhe (Firm), bookseller. DSI
- Publication date
- 1821
- Publisher
- Winchester [England] : Printed by Jacob and Johnson, for the author : sold in London by G. and W.B. Whittaker ... [and 3 others]
- Collection
- biodiversity
- Contributor
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Language
- English
- Volume
- v.8 (1823)
An enlarged and rearranged edition of the author's A general synopsis of birds
The Index to the general history of birds has special t.p. dated 1828
Errors in paging
The adjust plate count includes the following specially numbered plates: LXVII*, LXXXV*, LXXXVII*, XCVIII*, CIV*, CIV**, CVII*, CXII*, and CXXIV*
"Directions for placing plates" found in back of each volume
In v. 9, plate no. CLVII is wrongly numbered as CLIII
Includes bibliographical references and index
Anker, J. Bird books and bird art
Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbücher
BM (Nat. hist.)
extracted picklist
SCNHRB and CHMRB have one copy each. The "directions for plates" leaves have been bound with the preliminaries in some volumes and at the end of the volume in others
SCNHRB copy of v. 4 is imperfect: the leaf containing the errata and directions for plates is wanting
SCNHRB copy has the Index bound in after p. xxxii in v. 1
SCNHRB copy has a bookseller's printed label on front paste-down endpaper: E. Weyhe ... New York
SCNHRB copy has later green half-morocco leather binding with marbled paper boards; raised bands, gilt-tooled spine, and all edges gilt. The binding is signed: J. Wright, binder
CHMRB copy is imperfect: the Index and plate CLXXXII ("Spotted Shag") are wanting. Plate L is misbound after plate XLIX in v. 3; plate CXL in v. 9 has some paper tears and repairs in the lower third of the leaf
CHMRB copy was the gift of Robert W. Chanler; accession nos. 8158-8167
CHMRB copy has later brown half-cloth binding with marbled paper boards; gilt-tooled spine; binding signed: Bound by Bailer Bros. N.Y
The Index to the general history of birds has special t.p. dated 1828
Errors in paging
The adjust plate count includes the following specially numbered plates: LXVII*, LXXXV*, LXXXVII*, XCVIII*, CIV*, CIV**, CVII*, CXII*, and CXXIV*
"Directions for placing plates" found in back of each volume
In v. 9, plate no. CLVII is wrongly numbered as CLIII
Includes bibliographical references and index
Anker, J. Bird books and bird art
Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbücher
BM (Nat. hist.)
extracted picklist
SCNHRB and CHMRB have one copy each. The "directions for plates" leaves have been bound with the preliminaries in some volumes and at the end of the volume in others
SCNHRB copy of v. 4 is imperfect: the leaf containing the errata and directions for plates is wanting
SCNHRB copy has the Index bound in after p. xxxii in v. 1
SCNHRB copy has a bookseller's printed label on front paste-down endpaper: E. Weyhe ... New York
SCNHRB copy has later green half-morocco leather binding with marbled paper boards; raised bands, gilt-tooled spine, and all edges gilt. The binding is signed: J. Wright, binder
CHMRB copy is imperfect: the Index and plate CLXXXII ("Spotted Shag") are wanting. Plate L is misbound after plate XLIX in v. 3; plate CXL in v. 9 has some paper tears and repairs in the lower third of the leaf
CHMRB copy was the gift of Robert W. Chanler; accession nos. 8158-8167
CHMRB copy has later brown half-cloth binding with marbled paper boards; gilt-tooled spine; binding signed: Bound by Bailer Bros. N.Y
Notes
No copyright page found. No table-of-contents pages found.
- Addeddate
- 2012-12-05 17:23:37
- Associated-names
- Latham, John, 1740-1837. General synopsis of birds; Latham, John, 1740-1837. Index to the General history of birds; Chanler, Robert Winthrop, 1872-1930, donor; Wright, J., binder; Bailer Bros. (Firm), binder; E. Weyhe (Firm), bookseller
- Call number
- 39088004482527
- Camera
- Canon 5D
- External-identifier
- urn:oclc:record:720330740
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Identifier
- generalhistoryo08lath
- Identifier-ark
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- Identifier-bib
- 39088004482527
- Lccn
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- Pages
- 504
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- Possible copyright status
- NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
- Ppi
- 300
- References
- Anker, J. Bird books and bird art, no. 279; Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbücher, 532 (note); BM (Nat. hist.), v. 3, p. 1063
- Republisher_date
- 20121205191358
- Republisher_operator
- associate-daniel-euphrat@archive.org
- Scandate
- 20121205174814
- Scanner
- scribe1.washingtondc.archive.org
- Scanningcenter
- washingtondc
- Title_id
- 166958
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 9634940
- Year
- 1821
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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