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The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy / by the late Baron Cuvier ; translated and adapted to the present state of science ; The Mammalia, birds, and reptiles, by Edward Blyth ; The fishes and Radiala by Robert Mudie ; The molluscous animals by George Johnston M.D. ; The articulated animals, by J.O. Westwood, F.L.S.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zoology.
- Genre:
- Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1854.
- Penn Provenance:
- Chandler, T. P. (autograph)
- Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (Adams copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 unnumbered leaf, vii pages, 1 unnumbered leaf, 718 pages, 33 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color, engravings) ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- A new edition, with additions by W.B. Carpenter ... and J.O. Westwood ... illustrated by three hundred engravings on wood and thirty-four on steel.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Wm. S. Orr and Co., Amen Corner, Paternoster Row, 1854.
- Contents:
- The Mammelia birds, and reptiles / by Edward Blyth
- The fishes and Radiala / by Robert Mudie
- The molluscous animals / by George Johnston
- The articulated animals / by J.O. Westwood.
- Notes:
- A new edition.
- Added, engraved title page on [1] leaf at front.
- Translation of Le regne animal.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in red cloth, stamped in gilt. Front cover illustration of a lion. Spine illustration of a parrot and vulture.
- Athenaeum copy: Gift: Koblenzer.
- Kislak Center Copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.
- OCLC:
- 1490133
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