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  • Johannis Hermann phil. et med. doct. ... Observationes zoologicae quibus novae complures, aliaeque animalium species describuntur et illustrantur / opus posthumum edidit Fridericus Ludovicus Hammer ; pars prior observationum quatuor centurias continens
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Johannis Hermann phil. et med. doct. ... Observationes zoologicae quibus novae complures, aliaeque animalium species describuntur et illustrantur / opus posthumum edidit Fridericus Ludovicus Hammer ; pars prior observationum quatuor centurias continens

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Notes
No more published.
Pages 161-168 and 193-196 omitted in pagination.
Plate signed: C. Guerin fecit.
Errata: p. 332.
Colophon: Argentorati: Typis Fischerianis.
Variant lacks phrase "pars prior observationum quatuor centurias continens" on t.p.
Also available online.
SCNHRB has four copies; copy 4 is a variant.
SCNHRB c. 1 (39088015064736) stamped on t.p.: K.U. & L.B. Strassburg dublette [and] unidentified library stamp.
SCNHRB c. 1 blind-embossed on 2nd leaf: Smithsonian Institution National Museum [pencilled acc. no.] 158982.
SCNHRB c. 1 stamped on back pastedown: Oswald Weigel, Leipzig.
SCNHRB c. 1 bound in marbled boards, title in gilt within leather spine label; housed in an archival cardboard box.
SCNHRB c. 2 (39088015064777) lacking port. frontispiece.
SCNHRB c. 2 has unidentified pencil signature on verso of 1st front free endpaper.
SCNHRB c. 2 blind-stamped on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum [ink acc. no.] 206994.
SCNHRB c. 2 quarter bound in sheepskin and patterned paper (resembling tree calf); marbled endpapers; housed in an archival cardboard box.
SCNHRB c. 3 (39088015064819) has unattributed ink inscriptions on front paste-down and front fee endpaper.
SCNHRB c. 3 has property stamp on verso of t.p.: Ex Bibliotheca Academiae Rostochiensis.
SCNHRB c. 3 has ink inscription on 1st front free endpaper: L. Stejneger 1880.
SCNHRB c. 3 stamped on p. [iii]: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Stejneger Collection.
SCNHRB c. 3 has occasional ms. notes in text.
SCNHRB c. 3 bound in yellow paper boards, title in gilt on spine label, red edges.
SCNHRB c. 4 (39088015064850) is the variant, lacking "pars prior observationum quatuor centurias continens" on t.p.
SCNHRB c. 4 is stamped on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum [acc. no.] 323079.
SCNHRB c. 4 has mailing label from Paul Klincksieck addressed to Chas. W. Richmond pasted to back free endpaper. Inscribed Chas W. Richmond in pencil on verso of t.p.
SCNHRB c. 4 bound in paste-paper boards and red cloth-backed spine.
Elecresource
Data Source
Smithsonian Libraries
Date
1804
XII (1804)
Call number
QL45 .H55 1804
QL45.H55 1804
Author
Hermann, Johann 1738-1800
Hammer, Frédéric Louis -1837
ill
Guerin, C.
former owner
Stejneger, Leonhard 1851-1943 DSI
Richmond, Charles Wallace 1868-1932 DSI
Bibliotheca Academiae Rostochiensis DSI
Type
Electronic resources
Physical description
viii, 332 [i.e. 320] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. (stipple engraving) ; 26 cm
Title
Observationes zoologicae quibus novae complures, aliaeque animalium species describuntur et illustrantur
Observationes zoologicae
Topic
Zoology
Record ID
siris_sil_166152
Usage
CC0

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