Fauna japonica, sive, Descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam, jussu et auspiciis, superiorum, qui summum in India Batava imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1823-1830

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Alternative: Descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam, jussu et auspiciis, superiorum, qui summum in India Batava imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1823-1830

Alternative: Fauna japonica

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Series: Museum of Comparative Zoology--Biodiversity Heritage Library digitization project

By

Siebold, Philipp Franz von, 1796-1866

Haan, W. de (Willem), 1801-1855
Schlegel, H. (Hermann), 1804-1884
Temminck, C.J. (Coenraad Jacob), 1778-1858

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Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Lugduni Batavorum, Apud Auctorem, 1833-1850

Notes

Issued in parts.

Title-pages are engraved and lack vol. designations and individual vol. titles; t.p. of v. [3] has imprint: Amstedolami : Apud J. Müller, 1833; t.p. of v. [2], [4] and [5] has imprint: Lugduni Batavorum : Apud Arnz et socios, 1850.

Plates in v. [1] and [3] are uncolored (except for 1 folded plate in v. [3], which is a col. map); all plates in v. [2] and [4] are colored; some plates in v. [5] are colored.

Vol. [1] in 4 pts.: Coup-d'oeil sur la faune des îles de la Sonde et de l'empire du Japon : discours préliminaire destiné à servir d'introduction à la faune du Japon / C.J. Temminck [nov. 1835]; Expositio dispositionis circularis crustaceorum [unfinished]; Commentatio physico-historica de crustaceis japonicis / [Ph. Fr. von Siebold]. [Apr. 1850]; Crustacea / elaborante W. de Haan. Vol. [2] has half-title p. (with title: Pisces).

Vol. [3] has on half-title p.: Fauna japonica, auctore Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Reptilia, elaborantibus C.J. Temminck et H. Schlegel. 1838; caption title (on p. [i]): Préface, suivie d'un aperçu historique et physique sur les reptiles du Japon. Vol. [4] has caption title (on p. [1]): Description des oiseaux observés au Japon par les voyageurs hollandais. Vol. [5] in 2 pts.: Aperçu général et spécifique sur les mammifères qui habitent le Japon et les îles qui en dépendent / par C.J. Temminck. [1842-1845] (59 p., plates 1-20). Les mammifères marins. [1844] (26 p., plates 21-30)

Contents: v. [1]. [Introductions and Crustacea]. [1833-1850] (xxx, xvii, xxxi, 243 p., [64] leaves of plates) -- v. [2]. Pisces. [1842]-1850 (323 p., [160] leaves of plates) -- v. [3]. Reptilia. 1838 (xxi, 144 p., [28] leaves of plates (4 folded) -- v. [4]. [Aves]. [1844]-1850. (141 p., [120] leaves of plates) -- v. [5]. [Mammalia]. [1842-1845] (59, 26 p., 30 leaves of plates)

BM(NH) cat., | p. 1923.

Vol. [1] in Latin, v. [2]-[5] in French.

Subjects

Japan , Zoology

BHL Collections

Blog Features

Call Number

QL325 .S5 1833

Language

French

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.124951
OCLC: 2719985
OCLC: 786421225
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3740277