The animal kingdom, arranged according to its organization, serving as a foundation for the natural history of animals : and an introduction to comparative anatomy

Title Variants

Uniform: Règne animal

By

Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832

Latreille, P. A. (Pierre André), 1762-1833
McMurtrie, Henry, 1793-1865

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Book

Material

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Publication info

London G. Henderson 1834-1837

Notes

With figures designed after nature: the Crustacea, Arachnides, & Insecta, by M. Latreille. Translated from the latest French ed. With additional notes, and illustrated by nearly 500 additional plates.--title page

The plates, except a few portraits, have been bound separately.

Added title pages, engraved, with imprint date of 1834. Atlas vols. has engraved title pages only, with imprint date of 1837.

Translated by Henry MacMurtrie--Cf. Brit. Mus. cat. New ed.

Vol. 1, p. 197-204 repeated in numbering, with an *.

Includes biographical sketches and portraits of Cuvier, J.J. Audubon, Linnaeus, G.L. Buffon, P.A. Latreille, William Spence, and William Kirby.

Some of the plates hand-colored.

Contents: Vol. 1. Mammalia. Birds -- v. 2. Reptiles. Fishes -- v. 3. Mollusca. Annelides. Crustacea. Arachnides and Insecta -- v. 4. Insecta. Zoophytes.

Subjects

Animals , Classification , Pictorial works , Zoology

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Call Number

QL45 .C83

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.39976
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/agr07000556
OCLC: 7349472