Title
Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. 2nd series
Title Variants
Alternative:
Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals
Alternative:
Zoological illustrations
By
Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Bayfield, George.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
London, Baldwin & Cradock, 1829-1833
Notes
Publisher statement varies: v. 1, "Printed by R. Havell ..., published by Baldwin and Cradock ..."; v. 2-3, "Printed by W.J. Sparrow ..., published by Baldwin & Cradock ... and R. Havell ...."
Work consists of hand-colored ill. on 136 leaves of plates, with explanatory text on facing pages and blank guard-sheets. Vol. [1] has [48] plates, v. 2, [42] plates, and v. 3, [46] plates (plates are mostly continuously numbered).
Issued in parts. In some copies, the text and plates have been arranged according to the varieties of animals covered (i.e. birds; insects; and shells).
Plates hand-colored by G. Bayfield (see Preface, v. 3).
A "List of original subscribers" ([1] p.) is bound in at the end of v. 3.
BM (Nat. hist.), | v. 5, p. 2054
Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., | p. 612-614
Subjects
Birds
,
Insects
,
Mollusks
,
Pictorial works
,
Shells
,
Zoology
Call Number
QL46 .S97 1829
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.42278
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/11003680
OCLC:
10264629
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