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Author:
Linné, Carl von 1707-1778  Search this
Former owner:
Dyar, Harrison G (Harrison Gray) 1866-1929 DSI  Search this
Hagen, Karl Gottfried 1749-1829 DSI  Search this
Gigot d'Orcy, Jean 1733-1793 DSI  Search this
Brongniart, Alexander DSI  Search this
Melander, A. L (Axel Leonard) 1878-1962 DSI  Search this
Aldrich, John Merton 1866-1934 DSI  Search this
Dall, William Healey 1845-1927 DSI  Search this
Tucker, Marcia Brady DSI  Search this
United States Department of Agriculture Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[48], 578, [i.e. 580] p., [3] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. (etchings) ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Type:
Early works to 1800
Place:
Sweden
Date:
1761
Notes:
First published Stockholm, 1746.
Signatures: )*( - )2*(⁸ 3*⁸ A-2N⁸ 2O².
Errata on p. [560] (leaf 2M8v).
Soulsby, B.H. Linnaeus (2nd ed.) 1153
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SCNHRB has five copies.
SCNHRB c. 1 (39088005602743) has ink ms. notes in text.
SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplate of the United States Department of Agriculture Library (stamped cancelled).
SCNHRB c. 1 stamped on 1st front free endpaper: Dr. Harrison G. Dyar, U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C.
SCNHRB c. 1 on front free endpaper is an unidentified one and: Carolus Godofridus Hagen Medicinae.
SCNHRB c. 1 stamped on verso of t.p.: Smithsonian Library May 20 1960.
SCNHRB c. 1 half bound in vellum and marbled paper boards, red edges, printer's waste (an old almanac?); housed in an archival cardboard box.
SCNHRB c. 2 (39088013479084) has armorial bookplate: Bibliotèque de M. Gigot d'Orcy.
SCNHRB c. 2 stamped on verso of t.p.: Smithsonian Library Jul 31 1951.
SCNHRB c. 2 has booklabel: Alex. Brongniart, professeur d'histoire naturelle [and under, in ink ms.] acheté à vente ... Edwards.
SCNHRB c. 2 stamped on 1st front free endpaper: A.L. Melander from the library of J.M. Aldrich.
SCNHRB c. 2 bound in sprinkled calf; housed in an archival cardboard box.
SCNHRB c. 3 (39088013479126) has bookplate of William Healey Dall. Stamped on 1st front free endpaper and t.p.: Division of Mollusks Sectional Library.
SCNHRB c. 3 has ms. markings in text.
SCNHRB c. 3 bound in diced leather, gilt roll at edges, gilt decorated spine, sprinkled edges.
SCNHRB c. 4 (39088013479167) has unidentified stamp at head of t.p.
SCNHRB c. 4 bound in old brown library buckram, marbled edges and endpapers.
SCNHRB c. 5 (39088013479209) has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Marcia Brady Tucker. With the Tucker collational ms. pencil annotations on t.p.
SCNHRB c. 5 bound in calf (rebacked) with gilt roll at edges of boards.
Topic:
Zoology  Search this
Call number:
QL291 .L75 1761
QL291.L75 1761
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
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