Shelfmark
Go.6.01 - Go.6.16
Author
Cuvier, Georges, 1769 - 1832 baron,
Uniform title
[Le règne animal. English 1827-1835.]
Title
The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, ... with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith ... and others..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane., MDCCCXXVII. - MDCCCXXXV. [1827-1835]
Physical description
16 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Note
Revised translation of: 'Le règne animal.'
Note
Some volumes have half-title: 'The animal kingdom, &c. &c.' (varies slightly).
Note
Imprint varies: v. 6-9, 11, 13-15, London : Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co.; v. 10, 12, [16], London : Printed for Wittaker and Co.
Note
Vol. [11] lacks volume designation; called "Supplementary volume on the fossils."
Note
Title of v. 12-15 varies slightly: '... by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions to each order by Edward Griffith ... and others.'
Note
Vol. 1-15 have also special title page.
Note
Contents (con'd): 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.
Note
Last vol. (unnumbered) has special title page only, with title: '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.'
Note
"Alphabetical table of authors quoted in this work": v. [16], p. 283-328.
Note
"A tabular view of the classification of animals adopted by the Baron Cuvier; with specific examples": v. [16], p. i-cxix.
Formatted contents note
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. 1833. -- v. 14-15. Insecta. 1832.
Provenance
Ms. note on front flyleaf of v.1: "Presented to the Library of Eton College by the Rev. Edward Coleridge. May. 11. 1857."
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College, undated, on front pastedown.
Binding
19th-century calfskin over millboards. Covers decorated with triple blind fillets and one gilt fillet all to form a border, with blind flower tools at the corners; gilt fillets on board edges and turn-ins. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt fillets, tools and titling over brown label ("The animal kingdom"). Textblock trimmed and gilted. Endpapers of undecorated paper; three flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Subject
Zoology.
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Whittaker, George Byrom, 1793 - 1847 bookseller.
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Whittaker, Treacher and Co. bookseller.
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England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51078