| Description |
1 online resource (14 volumes) : illustrations |
| Series |
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925, Part II |
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925, Part II
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| Subject |
Zoology
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| Note |
Title and imprint vary |
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Volume 14, part 2 lacks engraved title page, but has volume and part numbers on signature line |
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Volume 8: Publication date on engraved title page: 1812; on letterpress title page: 1811. Volume 13: Publication date on engraved title page: 1825; on letterpress title page: 1826 |
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Volumes 1-8 by George Shaw; v. 9-14 by James Francis Stephens under the editorship of William Elford Leach |
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The plates to v. 1-5 engraved by Mr. Heath (i.e. James Heath?), v. 6 jointly by Mr. Heath and Mrs. Griffith, v. 7-14 by Mrs. Griffith (title page for v. 9 has: Mrs. Griffiths). Nissen identifies engraver as Moses Griffith (1747-1819) |
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Each volume is in two parts, each with an engraved title page (except for v. 14, pt. 2) and an additional letterpress title page; the pagination and registers of second parts continue those of first parts, apart from v. 12-14, whose second parts have separate pagination and registers |
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Includes indexes |
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Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library |
| Contents |
volume 1-2. Mammalia (1800-1801) -- volume 3. Amphibia (1802) -- volume 4-5. Pisces (1803-1804) -- volume 6. Insecta (1806) -- volume 7-14, part 1. Aves (1809-1826) -- volume 14, part 2. General index to the zoology by G. Shaw and J.F. Stephens (1826) |
| Note |
Access restricted to University of Saskatchewan students, faculty, and staff |
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Reproduced from source library: volumes IV-V |
| Other Title |
General zoology |
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Systematic natural history |
| Other Author |
Stephens, James Francis, 1792-1853, author
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Leach, William Elford, 1790-1836, editor
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Heath, James, 1757-1834, engraver
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Griffith, Mrs., engraver
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Griffith, Moses, 1747-1819, engraver
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Gale (Firm), issuing body
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