Description from Nissen, supplemented by Brunet and NUC pre-1956 "Le premier volume surtout est fort rare, parce que l'auteur, mécontent de son peu de succès, détruisit ... une partie de l'édit."--Brunet Tomes 2-7 have imprint: A Stockholm : De l'imprimerie de Pierre Hesselberg Tome 2 was issued in 2 pts Plate 1 in t. 7 signed: Gravè par C. Bergquist The leaves of plates are in various foliations; numbered plate totals for the seven tomes in order are: 37, 43, 44, 19, 16, 30, and 49, for a grand total of 238 (this total does not include the several printed tables on folded plates) Head- and tail-pieces; initials; side-notes Some errors in paging Includes bibliographical references Brunet BM (nat. hist.) Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration extracted picklist SCNHRB has t. 7 (39088008690117) only, which was published after the author's death SCNHRB t. 7 has embossed stamp on prelim. p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum; accession no. 151537 SCNHRB t. 7 has stamp on t.p.: Library, Division of Crustacea SCNHRB t. 7 has bookplate: Ex libris Dr. J.M.W. Baumanni, with motto: Natura doceri SCNHRB t. 7 has old half-leather and black paste-paper binding with gilt-tooled spine and raised bands; marbled endpapers; all edges red