Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa : consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836, fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa" : together with a summary of African zoology, and an inquiry into the geographical ranges of species in that quarter of the globe

Title Variants

Alternative: Zoology of South Africa

By

Smith, Andrew, 1797-1872 , author

Macleay, William Sharp, 1792-1865 , Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa
Curtis, Charles M., approximately 1795-1839 , illustrator
Ford, G. H. (George Henry), 1809-1876 , illustrator
Wagstaff, Charles Edward, 1808-1850 , engraver
Macleay, William Sharp, 1792-1865 , contributor
Great Britain. Treasury, , funder
Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa. , supporting host
Smith, Elder, And Co., , publisher
Stewart and Murray, , printer
Day & Haghe, , lithographer

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1838-1849

Notes

Issued in 28 parts. For more information see F.H. Waterhouse, "On the dates of publication of the parts of Sir Andrew Smith's 'Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa,' in: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1880), pages 489-491; also: K.H. Barnard, "The dates of issue of the 'Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa' and the 'Marine investigations in South Africa,' in Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History., volume 2 (October 1950), pages 187-189 and corrigendum, volume 2 (November 1952), page 408

"The plates ... have been published in five divisions, viz., Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Pisces, and Invertebratae. Those of each division have been numbered independently, and the letterpress descriptions left unpaged, in order that they may be arranged according to the particular view of the purchasers"--Preface, page iii

"London: Printed by Stewart and Murray, Old Bailey"--Verso of title page

Volume 5 (Invertebratae) has special title page: Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa, being a portion of the objects of natural history chiefly collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa ... by W.S. Macleay. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1838

Plates signed: Day & Haghe, lithrs. to the Queen; C.E. Wagstaff sc.; Chas. M. Curtis del.; Ford del.

Each plate is accompanied by a blank guard sheet and approximately 2 pages of letterpress description (usually unpaginated)

Plates 18 and 37 in "Mammalia" were never issued. See F.A. Jentink, "On the Dates of publication of the parts of Sir Andrew Smith's Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa," in: Notes from the Leyden Museum, volume 15 (1893), page 182

Collation of each volume: Mammalia: 51 plates (numbered 1-8, 8 bis, 9-17, 19-36, 38-53), with descriptive letterpress; Aves: 114 plates, with descriptive letterpress; Reptilia: 78 plates, with descriptive letterpress; Pisces: 31 plates, with descriptive letterpress; Invertebratae: 75 pages, 4 plates

With an appendix (28 pages)

Contents: [1]. Mammalia -- [2]. Aves -- [3]. Reptilia -- [4]. Pisces -- [5]. Invertebratae. By W.S. Macleay

Catalogue of the books, manuscripts, maps and drawings in the British Museum (Natural History), | volume 4, page 1942

Mendelssohn, S. South African bibliography to the year 1925, | volume 2, page 327-328

Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library, | volume 2, pages 593-594

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, | 3868

Subjects

Animals , Pictorial works , South Africa , Zoology

Call Number

QL336 .S6

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10416
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/ca07004560
OCLC: 9367711