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  • Synonymia insectorum, oder, Versuch einer Synonymie aller bisher bekannten Insecten : nach Fabricii Systema Eleutheratorum geordnet / von C.J. Schönherr ; mit Berichtigungen und Anmerkungen, wie auch Beschreibungen neuer Arten und illuminirten Kupfern
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Synonymia insectorum, oder, Versuch einer Synonymie aller bisher bekannten Insecten : nach Fabricii Systema Eleutheratorum geordnet / von C.J. Schönherr ; mit Berichtigungen und Anmerkungen, wie auch Beschreibungen neuer Arten und illuminirten Kupfern

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Notes
No more published?
The individual Theils and the Appendix each have special title pages.
Imprint varies. Band 1, T. 2: Stockholm : Gedruckt Carl. Friedr. Marquard, 1808; Bd. 1, T. 3: Skara: Gedruckt in der Lewerentzischen Buchdruckerey, 1817; Appendix: Scaris : In Officina Lewerentziana, 1817.
Plates signed by illustrators Dalman and J.W. Palmstruch and by engravers Sam Anderson, J.W. Palmstruch, J. Sturm, and C. Venus.
The plates in the Appendix are numbered as "Tab. 5" and "Tab. 6."
Schoenherr issued a related publication, "Genera et species curculionidum," with the half-title "Synonymia insectorum," in Paris from 1833-1845.
Includes indexes.
Also available online.
SCNHRB has two copies.
SCNHRB c. 1 (Bd. 1, T. 1: 39088007407141; Bd. 1, T. 2: 39088007406762; Bd. 1, T. 3: 39088007407083; Appendix: 39088007407364) has stamps on t.p.: Smithsonian Library, gift of L.L. Buchanan, 1957; L.L. Buchanan.
SCNHRB c. 1 has Bd. 1, T. 1 and Bd. 1, T. 2 bound in old marbled paper boards with printed paper spine labels; both volumes are housed in archival paperboard boxes for preservation, with bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Preservation supported by the Smithsonian Women's Committee. Bd. 1, T. 3 and the Appendix v. are bound in full black buckram library bindings with gilt-lettered spines.
SCNHRB c. 2 (Bd. 1, T. 1: 39088007407331; Bd. 1, T. 2: 39088007407612; Bd. 1, T. 3 and Appendix (bound together): 39088007407513) have stamp on t.p.'s of Bd. 1, T. 1 and Bd. 1, T. 2: Library of Congress, Smithsonian Deposit, Oct. 17, 1885; with accession no. added in ink: 157231.
SCNHRB c. 2 has Bd. 1, T. 1 and Bd. 1, T. 2 bound in contemporary full leather with gilt-tooled spines, red leather spine labels, and sprinkled edges. Both volumes are housed in archival paperboard boxes for preservation, with bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Preservation supported by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
SCNHRB c. 2 has Bd. 1, T. 3 and the Appendix bound together in a brown buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine.
Elecresource
Contents
Band 1. Eleutherata oder Käfer. T. 1. Lethrus-Scolytes -- Bd. 1, T. 2. Spercheus-Cryptocephalus -- Bd. 1, T. 3. Hispa-Molorchus -- Appendix ad C.J. Schönherr Synonymiam insectorum tom. 1, part. 3, sistens descriptiones novarum specierum
Data Source
Smithsonian Libraries
Date
1806
1817
1806-1817
Call number
QL468 .S36 1806
QL468.S36 1806
Author
Schoenherr, C. J (Carl Johan) 1772-1848
Schoenherr, C. J (Carl Johan) 1772-1848 Genera et species curculionidum
Fabricius, Johann Christian 1745-1808 Systema Eleutheratorum
illustrator
Dalman, Johan Wilhelm 1787-1828
Palmstruch, Johan Wilhelm 1770-1811
engraver
Anderson, Samuel 1773-1857
Sturm, Jakob 1771-1848
Venus, Carl Wilhelm Fröberg 1770-1851
publisher
Marquard, Carl Fredrik 1766?-1809
former owner
Buchanan, Lee LaForest b. 1893 DSI
publisher
Lewerentz (Firm)
former owner
Library of Congress DSI
Type
Classification
Nomenclature
Physical description
1 volume in 3, 4 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm + 1 appendix ([2], 266 pages, [2] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm)
Title
Synonymia insectorum
Versuch einer Synonymie aller bisher bekannten Insecten
Topic
Insects
Record ID
siris_sil_442278
Usage
CC0
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