Publication date taken from Introduction, p. xi

"Paris.--Typographie de Firmin Didot frères, fils et ce." --Colophon

Publisher's advertisements appear on the verso of the half-title

Includes bibliographical references

Sue Lowell Natural History & Travel Books (London, England), via ABEBOOKS.com;

Loche was a naturalist in the Mission d'exploration scientifique de l'Algérie in 1853, sponsored by the government of France

SCNHRB copy 39088016528523 is bound with two articles reprinted from the Revue et magasin de zoologie, featuring descriptions of new species discovered by Loche: 1. Description de deux nouvelles espèces d'alouettes découvertes dans le Sahara algérien par le Commandant Loche (avril 1860, 4 p., with one hand-colored leaf of plates numbered "11"; the new species are Canadrella reboudia and Galerida randonii); 2. Description de deux nouvelles espèces d'oiseaux découvertes dans le Sahara algérien, par M. le Capitaine Loche (no. 9, 1858, 4 p., with one hand-colored leaf of plates numbered "11"; the new species are Stoparola deserti and Malurus sahara)

SCNHRB copy has manuscript pencil inscription on the half-title: F.C.R. Jourdain, 10 Jan. 1914. There is also a partially legible manuscript ink inscription on the front free endpaper, apparently in Loche's hand

SCNHRB copy has bookplates: 1. Peter Tate; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased from the Cullman Endowment

SCNHRB copy has a printed bookseller's ticket on the front cover: R. Friedländer & Sohn, Berlin

SCNHRB copy has a later red half-leather binding with dark green embossed paper boards, gilt-tooled spine, decorated endpapers, and a red silk ribbon page marker

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