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The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836

Title

The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836 : Published with the approval of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

By

Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865
Bell, Thomas, 1792-1880
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
Eyton, T. C. (Thomas Campbell), 1809-1880
Gould, John 1804-1881
Gray, George Robert, 1808-1872
Jenyns, Leonard, 1800-1893
Owen, Richard, 1804-1892
Waterhouse, G. R. (George Robert), 1810-1888
Gould, Elizabeth 1804-1841 , lithographer
Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850 , printer of plates
Swaine, John, 1775-1860 , engraver
Scharf, George, 1788-1860 , lithographer
Curtis, Charles M., approximately 1795-1839 , ill
Hawkins, B. Waterhouse (Benjamin Waterhouse), 1807-1889 , ill
Great Britain. Treasury.

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Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, Published by Smith, Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill, 1839-1843

Notes

"London, printed by Stewart and Murray, Old Bailey"--Verso of t.p.

Collation of each part: pt. 1: [2], iv, 111, [1] p., XXXII leaves of plates (2 double, 1 folded); pt. 2: ix, [5], v, [1], 97, [1] p., 35 leaves of plates; pt. 3: [8], ii, [3]-156, [8] p., 50 leaves of plates; pt. 4: xv, [1], 169, [3] p., 29 leaves of plates; pt. 5: [2], vi, 51, [1] p., 20 leaves of plates.

Dates of publication for each part: pt. 1: 1840; pt.. 2: 1839; pt. 3: 1841; pt. 4: 1842; pt. 5: 1843.

George Robert Gray assisted with the writing of pt. 3 (Birds).

Illustrators include J. Gould, G. Scharf, B. Waterhouse Hawkins, G.R. Waterhouse, and C.M. Curtis; lithographers include: Elizabeth Gould, G. Scharf, and C. Hullmandel; engravers include: J. Swaine; printers of plates include C. Hullmandel.

Mounted errata slip on p. [1] of 5th group of pt. 2; "Corrigenda": pt. 3, p. [7] of 1st group; "Errata": pt. 4, p. [170] and pt. 5, p. [6] of 1st group.

Originally issued in parts: London : Smith Elder and Co., 1838-1843. Cf. Freeman, R.B. Charles Darwin (2nd ed.), 8.

Contents: pt. I. Fossil mammalia / described by Richard Owen, Esq. ; with a geological introduction, by Charles Darwin, Esq. -- pt. II. Mammalia / described by George R. Waterhouse, Esq. ; with a notice of their habits and ranges, by Charles Darwin, Esq. -- pt. III. Birds / described by John Gould, Esq. ; with a notice of their habits and ranges, by Charles Darwin, Esq. ; and with an anatomical appendix, by T.C. Eyton, Esq. -- pt. IV. Fish / described by Leonard Jenyns -- pt. V. Reptilia / Described by Thomas Bell, Esq.

Anker, J. Bird books and bird art, | 173

Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., | I, p. 157-159

Freeman, R.B. Charles Darwin (2nd ed.), | 9