Issued in 28 pts. For more information see F.H. Waterhouse, "On the dates of publication of the parts of Sir Andrew Smith's 'Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa,' in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1880), p. 489-491; also: K.H. Barnard, "The dates of issue of the 'Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa' and the 'Marine investigations in South Africa,' in J. Soc. Bibl. Nat. Hist., v. 2 (Oct., 1950), p. 187-189 and corrigendum, v. 2 (Nov., 1952), p. 408 Plates signed: Day & Haghe, lithrs. to the Queen Each plate is accompanied by a blank guard sheet and approximately 2 p. of letterpress description Plates 18 and 37 in "Mammalia" were apparently never issued. See F.A. Jentink, "On the Dates of publication of the parts of Sir Andrew Smith's Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa," in: Notes from the Leyden Museum, v. 15 (1893), p. 182 [1]. Mammalia. 51 plates with descriptive letterpress -- [2]. Aves. 114 plates with descriptive letterpress -- [3]. Reptilia. 78 plates with descriptive letterpress. Appendix, 28 p. -- [4]. Pisces. 31 plates with descriptive letterpress -- [5]. Invertebratae. By W.S. Macleay. [75] p., 4 plates BM (Nat. hist.) extracted picklist SCNHRB copy (39088009486283) v. 3, Reptilia, plates 1-49, with descriptive letterpress (plate 31 and all after 49 wanting) SCNHRB copy (39088009486283) v. 3 has stamp on original front wrapper: Smithsonian Institution, U.S. National Museum; accession no. 275839 SCNHRB copy (39088009486283) v. 3 has brown buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine, faux marbled endpapers, and marbled edges; the original printed brown stiff-paper wrapper for pt. XXII (March, 1845), with publisher's advertisements on the back cover, is bound in SCNHRB (39088003139748) v. 4, Pisces, plates 1-27, with descriptive letterpress (all after 27 wanting). The original printed stiff paper wrapper for pt. XXIII (Oct., 1845) is bound in