Separate t.p. with varying title for each of the 5 parts

Artedi's ichthyological works were also issued in 1738 (edited by Linnaeus) and in 1789 (at Leipzig; edited and adapted by J.G. Schneider)

Each part includes a reprinting of Linné's preface from the first edition

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

"Observation sur la structure du coeur des poissons, par M. Duverney": Pars 2, p. 156-167

"Memoire sur la circulation du sang des poissons qui ont des ouïes, par M. Duverney l'ainé": Pars 2, p. 167-183

"A description of the heart, vessels and circulation of the blood in fishes by Alexander Monro": Pars 2, p. 184-192

Pars 1. Bibliotheca ichthyologica, seu, Historia litteraria ichthyologiae. 1788. [6], 230 [i.e. 210] p. --pars 2. Philosophia ichthyologica. 1789. [8], 196, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates --pars 3. Genera piscium. 1792. [8], 723, [1] p., 3 folded leaves of plates --pars 4. Synonymia nominum piscium fere omnium. Editio 2. 1793. [4], 140 p. -- pars 5. Descriptiones specierum piscium. Editio 2. 1793. [4], 112 p

Dean, B. Bibliography of fishes

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SCNHRB has three copies (c. 1 is complete; c. 2 and c. 3 are incomplete)

SCNHRB c. 1 has pars 1-5

SCNHRB c. 1 has pars 1 bound together with pars 2, and pars 4 bound together with pars 5

SCNHRB c. 1 has stamps: Division of Fishes, U.S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution National Museum; accession no.: 153231

SCNHRB c. 1 has sections of pars 5 misbound: gathering O (p. 105-108) is inserted between the two preliminary leaves; gathering G (p. 49-56) is inserted following p. 104

SCNHRB c. 1 has later burgundy buckram library bindings with gilt-lettered spines, gray endpapers, and marbled edges

SCNHRB c. 2 has pars 1-4, only

SCNHRB c. 2 has blind-embossed stamp: Smithsonian Institution National Museum; accession no.: 172879

SCNHRB c. 2 of pars 4 is inscribed at pencil at head of t.p.: Austin Clark

SCNHRB c. 2 has later brown buckram library bindings with gilt-lettered spines; former call no. on spines: 597.A785

SCNHRB c. 3 has pars 3-5, only

SCNHRB c. 3 of pars 3 has bookplate: Library of Congress Smithsonian Deposit; with handwritten markings in red and black pencil in the margins

SCNHRB c. 3 of pars 3 has black half-leather binding with marbled paper boards, gilt-stamped spine, marbled endpapers, and red edges

SCNHRB c. 3 of pars 4-5 is bound together, with accession no. 172879 on t.p. of pars 4

SCNHRB c. 3 of pars 4-5 has a later brown buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine

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