The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage

By

Beechey, F. W. (Frederick William), 1796-1856 , ed.

Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877
Bennett, Edward Turner, 1797-1836
Buckland, William, 1784-1856
Collie, Alexander
Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875
Landseer, Thomas, 1795-1880 , engraver
Lay, G. Tradescant (George Tradescant)
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888 , ill
Owen, Richard, 1804-1892
Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865
Sowerby, George Brettingham, 1788-1854
Sowerby, James de Carle, 1787-1871 , ill
Vigors, N. A.‏ ‎ (Nicholas Aylward),‏ ‎ 1785-1840
Zeitter, John Christian, 1862 , engraver
Great Britain. Admiralty

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, H.G. Bohn, 1839

Notes

Includes an extra plate numbered LXV.

"Howlett and Son, printers ... Soho"--Verso of t.p.

Hand-colored ill.

Plates accompanied by blank tissue guard-sheets.

Plates drawn by E. Lear, J.D.C. Sowerby, and Zeitter, and engraved by T. Landseer and Zeitter; maps drawn and coloured by Lieut. E. Belcher.

The adjusted page count includes pages numbered 9* through 13*, inserted as "Additional observations" after the Mammalia section.

Contents: Introduction [by F.W. Beechey]--Mammalia, by J. Richardson.--Ornithology, by N.A. Vigors.--Fishes, by G.T. Lay, and E.T. Bennett.--Crustacea, by R. Owen.--Reptiles, by J.E. Gray.--Batrachians, by J.E. Gray.--Molluscous animals, and their shells, by J.E. Gray [and G.B. Sowerby]--Geology [ed. by W. Buckland, from the notes of Lieut. Belcher and of Mr. A. Collie].

Contents: Introduction [by F. W. Beechey]--Mammalia, by J. Richardson.--Ornithology, by N. A. Vigors.--Fishes, by G. T. Lay, and E. T. Bennett.--Crustacea, by R. Owen.--Reptiles, by J. E. Gray.--Batrachians, by J. E. Gray.--Molluscous animals, and their shells, by J. E. Gray [and G. B. Sowerby]--Geology [ed. by W. Buckland, from the notes of Lieut. Belcher and of Mr. A. Collie]

BM (Nat. hist.), | v. I, p. 122

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, | I, 285

Subjects

America , Blossom (Ship) , Geology , Oceania , Zoology

Call Number

QL5 .B4

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.39296
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/06014952
OCLC: 4512106