The animal kingdom : arranged in conformity with its organization

Title Variants

Alternative: Classified index and synopsis of the animal kingdom
Uniform: Règne animal

Related Titles

Related/Analytical: A classified index and synopsis of The animal kingdom ...
Related/Analytical: Supplementary volume on the fossils
Series: Museum of Comparative Zoology--Biodiversity Heritage Library digitization project

By

Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832

Bull, active 19th century-(Illustrator) , ill.
Gray, George Robert, 1808-1872
Gray, John Edward 1800-1875
Griffith, Edward, 1790-1858
Pidgeon, Edward.
Smith, Charles Hamilton, 1776-1859
Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893 , ill.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London Printed for G.B. Whittaker 1827-1835

Notes

Translation, with additions, of: Le règne animal.

Rev. translation of: Le règne animal.

Some vols. have half title: The animal kingdom &c. &c. (varies slightly).

Imprint varies: v. 6-9, 11, 13-15, London : Printed for Whittaker, Treacher and Co.; v. 10, 12, [16], London : Printed for Whittaker and Co.

Vol. [11] lacks vol. designation, called "Supplementary volume on the fossils."

Title of v. 12-15 varies slightly: ... by the Baron Cuvier with supplementary additions to each order by Edward Griffith and others.

Vol. 1-15 have distinctive t.p.

Last vol. (unnumbered) has distinctive t.p. only: A classified index and synopsis of the animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization by the Baron Cuvier with supplementary additions to each order by Edward Griffith and others.

"Alphabetical table of authors qyoted in this work": v. [16], p. 283-328.

Contents: v. 1-4. The class Mammalia / arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions by Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith and Edward Pidgeon. 1827 -- v. 5. Synopsis of the species of the class Mammalia, as arranged with reference to their organization by Cuvier and other naturalists : with specific characters, synonyma, &c. &c. 1827 -- v. 6-8. The class Aves / arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions by Edward Griffith and Edward Pidgeon, the additional species inserted in the text of Cuvier by John Edward Gray. 1829 -- v. 9. The class Reptilia / arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions by Edward Griffith and Edward Pidgeon. 1831 -- v. 10. The class Pisces / arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions by Edward Griffith and Charles Hamilton Smith. 1834 -- v. [11]. The fossil remains of the animal kingdom / by Edward Pidgeon. 1830 -- v. 12. The Mollusca and Radiata / arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions to each order by Edward Griffith and Edward Pidgeon. 1834 -- v. 13. The classes Annelida, Crustacea, and Arachnida / arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions to each order by Edward Griffith and Edward Pidgeon. 1833 -- v. 14-15. The class Insecta / arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions to each order by Edward Griffith and Edward Pidgeon, and notices of new genera and species by George Gray. 1832 -- v.[16]. A classified index and synopsis of The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization / by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions to each order, by Edward Griffith and others.

Subjects

1769-1832 , Baron, , Cuvier, Georges , Indexes , Règne animal , Zoology

BHL Collections

BHL Australia
Color Our Collections
Museums Victoria
Women in Natural History

Call Number

QL45 .C943

Classification

591, 590

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45021
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/06014948
OCLC: 1947779
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51440905