Page 192 is misnumbered as 191; p. 339 misnumbered as 933; the numbers 417-418 were omitted from pagination sequence with no apparent loss of text

A few copies of this work were issued with 43 illustrated leaves of plates. Cf. the facsimile reprint ed. published in 1972 in Graz, Austria by Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt

Head- and tail-pieces; initial; engraved vignette on t.p

Signatures: A-2E2F

The unnumbered pages at the end include the "Notanda", "Errata", and "Monitum auctoris"; in some copies these are bound with the unnumbered pages at the beginning of the volume. The order in which the unnumbered pages are bound also varies from copy to copy

The final leaf (2F4) is blank

BM (nat. hist.)

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration

Hagen, H.A. Bib. entomologica

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SCNHRB has three copies, none of which have illustrated leaves of plates

SCNHRB c. 1 (39088014412191) has former owners' marks: A.L. Melander from the library of J.M. Aldrich (ink stamp); J.M. Aldrich, Sept. 1903 (autograph). With Smithsonian Library stamp dated Jul. 31, 1961 on the verso of the t.p. There are a few brief ms. pencil annotations in the text

SCNHRB c. 1 has inserted before the final blank leaf: two leaves ([4] p.) from a ms. ink letter in French, apparently incomplete and probably dating from the late 18th or early 19th century, concerning some sort of reimbursement request. The letter has a printed letterhead that appears to read: Moven papier deux sols la Seville [illegible] de Paris

SCNHRB c. 1 has a modern quarter leather binding with linen-covered boards, a gilt-tooled black leather spine label, marbled endpapers, and red sprinkled edges

SCNHRB c. 2 (39088014683122) has stamps: Library, Division of Crustacea; Invertebrate Zoology, Crustacea; also a heraldic stamp on t.p. for James Charles Dale Esquire Sherriff, 1843. Accession no.: 158554. With some ms. ink annotations in the margins. The final blank leaf is wanting

SCNHRB c. 2 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Preservation supported by the Smithsonian Women's Committee

SCNHRB c. 2 has a modern blue buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine and marbled edges. Binder's label on back paste-down endpaper: Bound by Townsend Book Bindery, New Market, Va. Housed in an archival paperboard box for preservation. The leather binder's label from the former binding is laid in

SCNHRB c. 3 (39088009549940) is imperfect: the dedicatory letter (p. [33]-[35], 1st group) is wanting

SCNHRB c. 3 has the autograph of a former owner on front free endpaper: Carl J. Drake, 1925

SCNHRB c. 3 has bookplate: Presented to the Smithsonian Institution, Carl J. Drake

SCNHRB c. 3 has bookseller's label on front paste-down endpaper: Ed. André ... Beaune (Côte d'Or)

SCNHRB c. 3 has an old brown half-leather binding with paste-paper boards; raised bands; and gilt-tooled spine

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