statement of responsibility: par Denys-Montfort

Published as a continuation of Buffon's Histoire naturelle

Tomes 1-4 inclusive, dated "An X", were written by de Montfort; tomes 5-6, dated "An XIII", were written by Felix de Roissy

In the French Republican calendar, "An X" extended from Sept. 23, 1801 to Sept. 23, 1802; "An XIII" extended from Sept. 23, 1804 to Sept. 23, 1805. The exact months in which this publication began and ended are unknown

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Publisher's device on title pages

Illustrations drawn by Denys de Montfort and by De Seve; etchers include Hubert, Duhamel, and Berthault, among others

Publisher's advertisements on versos of half-title pages

citation/reference: Catalogue of the books, manuscripts, maps and drawings in the British Museum (Natural History), vol. 3, page 1340

citation/reference: Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, 1081

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Catalogue of the books, manuscripts, maps and drawings in the British Museum (Natural History)

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration

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SCNHRB has two copies

SCNHRB copy 1 (39088008863961, 39088008978892, 39088008978603, 39088008863524, 39088008979155, 39088008978546) has stamp on front paste-down endpapers: S. Stillman Berry ... Redlands, California; date added in manuscript ink: 3.VII.1957

SCNHRB copy 1 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Bequest of S. Stillman Berry, gift of Clyde Roper

SCNHRB copy 1 has original orange paste-paper-covered paperboard bindings, with printed paper spine label; printer's waste as paste-down endpapers; uncut and unopened; housed in archival boxes

SCNHRB copy 2 (39088003164738, 39088008962516, 39088008962573) has bookplates of William Healey Dall, Division of Mollusk Sectional Library. Divison of Mollusk property stamp throughout

SCNHRB copy 2 bound as 3 volumes in dark red library buckram, title in gilt on spine

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