statement of responsibility: publiée sous l'autorité de l'administration du Muséum d'histoire naturelle , par M. Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire ... et par M. Frédéric Cuvier

Published in 72 parts (i.e. livraisons) between 1824-42. Tomes 1-3 consist of 20 livraisons each; t. 4 consists of 12 livraisons. Title pages for livraisons 1-60 are dated 1824; title page for livraisons 61-72 is 1842. The text and corresponding plates are each dated separately within each livraison, each predating the publication date stated on the title page, and are dated as follows: v. 1-2 = livraisons 1-20 (Dec. 1818 - Sept. 1820) -- v. 3-4 = livraisons 21-40 (Oct. 1820 - April 1823)-- v. 5-6 = livraisons 41-60 ( May 1824 - Oct. 1829)-- v. 7 = livraisons 61-72 (dated Oct. 1829 - Sept. 1842)

Title page vignettes (publishers' initials)

Tome 7 has imprint: A Paris : Chez Blaise ..., 1842

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Published in 72 parts (i.e. livraisons) between 1824-42. Tomes 1-3 consist of 20 livraisons each; t. 4 consists of 12 livraisons. Title pages for livraisons 1-60 are dated 1824; title page for livraisons 61-72 is 1842. The text and corresponding plates are each dated separately within each livraison, each predating the publication date stated on the title page, and are dated as follows: v. 1-2 = livraisons 1-20 (Dec. 1818 - Sept. 1820) -- v. 3-4 = livraisons 21-40 (Oct. 1820 - April 1823)-- v. 5-6 = livraisons 41-60 ( May 1824 - Oct. 1829)-- v. 7 = livraisons 61-72 (dated Oct. 1829 - Sept. 1842)

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SCNHRB copy has table of contents bound in v. 7

Prospectus and publisher (Chez Blaise) advertisements (8 p.) tipped in t. 1

Stamped on t.p.s: Library U.S. National Museum Sep 16 1889; written in ink within the stamp: 134058

Ms. caption sheets bound in in t. 3 (2), t. 4 (5), t. 6 (1), and t. 7 (5)

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