Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier, ou, Représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus et souvent non encore figurées de chaque genre d'animaux : avec un texte descriptif mis au courant de la science : ouvrage pouvant servir d'atlas a

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Each section has separate t.p. and separate numeration of text and plates Issued in 50 livraisons, each containing portions of different sections "Paris: Imprimerie de Fain et Thunot"--Verso of half titles Includes indexes SCNHRB c. 1 has various prospecti and subscription invitations bound-in at end of t. 3 C. Nissen, Die Zoologische Buchillustration extracted picklist SCNHRB has three copies, two are incomplete SCNHRB c. 1 (39088015065600, 39088015065642, 39088015065683, 39088015065725) incomplete: 339 plates only (lacking port. of Latreille); lacks text and plates pertaining to section on Insects; text section complete? ("Avis" lists pagination as 919 p. and this copy has ca. 300 p.) SCNHRB c. 1 has some of the plates hand-colored SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplates: United States Department of Agriculture Library; embossed on t.p.'s: USDA LIB SCNHRB c. 1 quarter bound in either purple or black calf and mauve buckram, title in gilt on spine, marbled endpapers; bookseller's label: W. Junk ... Berlin; housed in gray cardboard archival boxes SCNHRB c. 2 (39088015065766, 39088015065808, 39088015065840, 39088015065881) has an section, Insectes, bound separately SCNHRB c. 2 has booklabel: Henri Donckier SCNHRB c. 2 has bookplate of Collection of William Schaus, presented to the National Museum MCMV SCNHRB c. 2 bound in black library buckram, title in gilt on spine; t. 2 bound in quarter calf and acid-patterned paper boards SCNHRB c. 3 (39088015065923) incomplete, consisting of portraits and mollusks plates only SCNHRB c. 3 stamped on livraison t.p.: Division of Mollusks Sectional Library SCNHRB c. 3 half bound in sheepskin and acid-patterned boards (front cover missing); housed in an archival envelope
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