The class Mammalia

Title Variants

Alternative: Animal kingdom

Alternative: Mammalia

Uniform: Règne animal

Related Titles

Related/Analytical: Synopsis of the species of the class Mammalia, as arranged with reference to their organization, by Cuvier, and other naturalists

Series: [Cuvier's Animal kingdom, v. 1-5]

By

Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832 , author

Griffith, Edward, 1790-1858 , author
Pidgeon, Edward. , author
Smith, Charles Hamilton, 1776-1859 , author,
Forster, Georg, 1754-1794 , illustrator
Landseer, Thomas, 1795-1880 , illustrator,
Lewin, John William, 1770-1819 , illustrator
Basire, James, 1769-1822 , engraver
Bradley, Thomas, active 1805-1849 , engraver
Griffith, Moses, 1747-1819 , engraver
Kearsley, H. (Harriet), active 1824- , engraver
Scott, John, 1774-1827 , engraver
Clowes, William, 1779-1847 , printer
Whittaker, George Byrom, 1793-1847 , publisher
G. And W. B. Whittaker, , publisher

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker 1827

Notes

Issued in 13 parts between 1824 and 1827, although the title page for each volume is dated 1827. See C.F. Cowan, "Notes on Griffith's Animal kingdom of Cuvier," Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History (1969), 5 (2):137-140

Volume 5 has title: Synopsis of the species of the class Mammalia, as arranged with reference to their organization, by Cuvier, and other naturalists, with specific characters, synonyma, &c. &c.

Printer from verso of title page

Illustrators include C.H. Smith, J. Lewin, G. Forster and T. Landseer; engravers include M. Griffith, J. Basire, T. Bradley, H. Kearsley, T. Landseer, and J. Scott

Some plates name G. & W.B. Whittaker as publisher

"Preliminary sketch of the rise and progress of zoology"--Volume 1, pages [xiii]-lxxx

Subjects

Mammals

BHL Collections

Color Our Collections

Women in Natural History

Call Number

QL45 .C942X v. 1-5

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.49021
OCLC: 57626595
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51456622