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Cuvier's Animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization, forming the basis for a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy : illustrated by three hundred engravings on wood   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832
Blyth, Edward, 1810-1873
Mudie, Robert, 1777-1842
Johnston, George, 1797-1855
Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893
Latreille, P. A. (Pierre Andrâe), 1762-1833
McMurtrie, Henry, 1793-1865
Swaine, John, 1775-1860, engraver
Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977, former owner. DSI
Richmond, Charles Wallace, 1868-1932, former owner. DSI
Baker & Darby, printer
Orr & Smith, publisher
Westfield Normal School, former owner. DSI
Title
Cuvier's Animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization, forming the basis for a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy : illustrated by three hundred engravings on wood
Publisher
London : W.S. Orr and Co.
Description
Translation of: Ráegne animal
"Mammalia, birds and reptiles, by Edward Blyth. The fishes and Radiata, by Robert Mudie. The molluscous animals, by George Johnston. The articulated animals, by J.O. Westwood."
"Translation chiefly by Henry McMurtrie of the 2nd French edition ... with updates inserted in the appropriate places and indicated by brackets"--J.C. Smith, Georges Cuvier, p. 191
Some plates are signed: J.O.W. [i.e. Westwood] del.; On steel by J. Swaine; London: published by Orr & Smith
"London: Printed by Baker & Darby, Holborn HIll"--Verso of t.p
Title and text printed within single rule border
"Most plates were missing from copies seen, although in some, guard sheets and lists of plates were present"--J.C. Smith, Georges Cuvier, p. 191
"Introduction to the articulated animals with articulated legs, by M. P.A. Latreille"--P. 401-405
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Smith, J.C. Georges Cuvier
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SCNHRB has two copies
SCNHRB c. 1 (39088013370697) is imperfect: all of the plates, with the exception of "Beetles", "Orthopterous insects", and "Butterflies", are wanting; blank tissue guardsheets (some with offsetting from plates that were once part of this copy) are inserted throughout the volume
SCNHRB c. 1 has stamps on t.p.: Normal Hall, Westfield, Mass.; Smithsonian Libraries. With pencil annotation in gutter of p. [iii]: Waldo Schmitt; and a few ms. pencil markings throughout
SCNHRB c. 1 has a typed note laid-in: "4/24/45 wrote to Dr. Edward J. Scanlon, Pres. Westfield State Teachers College, asking if this volume belongs in their library. LMc."
SCNHRB c. 1 has an old gilt-tooled black half-leather binding with embossed-cloth-covered boards (front cover wanting); housed in an archival box for preservation
SCNHRB c. 2 (39088013370838) is imperfect: the half-title leaf, the leaf containing a list of the plates, and all plates are wanting
SCNHRB c. 2 has stamp on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Richmond Collection; accession no.: 181631. With Richmond's autograph (dated Jan. 27, 1902) on the verso of the t.p., and some brief ms. annotations and markings in the margins (some are partially cropped)
SCNHRB c. 2 has a modern brown buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine and marbled edges

Subjects: Animals; Anatomy, Comparative
Language English
Publication date 1840
publication_date QS:P577,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Current location
IA Collections: biodiversity
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cuviersanimalki00cuvi
Source
Internet Archive identifier: cuviersanimalki00cuvi
https://archive.org/download/cuviersanimalki00cuvi/cuviersanimalki00cuvi.pdf

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