Skip to main content Smithsonian Institution

The young naturalist : a handy volume upon the collection, preservation, and arrangement of butterflies and shells / by H.G. Adams ; illustrated

Online Media

Catalog Data

Author:
Adams, H. G (Henry Gardiner) 1811 or 1812-1881  Search this
Printer:
Adlard, James Evan  Search this
Simson and Co.  Search this
Former owner:
Halsey, Edwin Joseph DSI  Search this
Inscriber:
Erlebach, Alfred DSI  Search this
Erlebach, H. Arthur DSI  Search this
Associated name:
Forest House School (Woodford, England) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. in 1, [16] leaves of plates in various foliations : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Prize books
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
1879
1887
1879 [i.e. 1879-1887]
Notes:
Each v. has a separate t.p.
"Title page has a publication date of 1879, but v. 2, Beautiful shells, has a publication date of 1887"--Cambridge University Library online catalog record for this ed.
Pagination of each v.: 1. Beautiful butterflies: [2], vii, 133, [1] p., VIII leaves of plates; v. 2. Beautiful shells: [4], 156, [16] p., VIII leaves of plates.
"Printed by J.E. Adlard, Bartholomew Close"--Verso of t.p., Beautiful butterflies; "Hertford, Simson and Co., printers"--Verso of t.p., Beautiful shells.
Also available online.
SCNHRB copy 39088014412639 has bookplates: 1. (printed, but completed in ms. ink) Forest House School, Woodford, Special Prize for Scripture (open to boys under 13), awarded to Edwin Joseph Halsey, summer term, 1886. Alfred Erlebach, B.A., H. Arthur Erlebach, B.A., F.R.G.S., principals; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased from the Alice E. Kennington Rare Book Fund.
SCNHRB copy has the publisher's black- and gilt-stamped blue embossed cloth binding with yellow endpapers and all edges gilt.
Elecresource
Contents:
Beautiful butterflies described and illustrated -- Beautiful shells, their nature, structure, & uses familiarly explained
Topic:
Natural history--Technique  Search this
Butterflies  Search this
Shells  Search this
Biological specimens--Collection and preservation  Search this
Call number:
QL61 .A334 1879
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_901999