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  • Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts : comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata : published agreeably to an order of the legislature, by the comissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the state
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Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts : comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata : published agreeably to an order of the legislature, by the comissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the state

Object Details

Notes
Prefatory letter (page vi) signed: Augustus A. Gould
Plates signed: A.A. Gould del.; G.F. Storm sc.; C.W. Torbett sc
Errata: page 373
Also available online.
Elecresource
SCNHRB has two copies.
SCNHRB copy 1 (39088008658098) stamped on title page: Invertebrate Zoology Crustacea. Library, Division of Crustacea.
SCNHRB copy 1 stamped on title page: Library, U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Feb. 11, 1887; accession no. 128968.
SCNHRB copy 1 inscribed in ink on original brown paper wrapper: De la part de Manuel Navarro de la Havanne (Cuba), Cambridge, Juillet, 1850.
SCNHRB copy 1 with signature in ink at top of title page: Girard.
SCNHRB copy 1 has some manuscript notes in pencil; note on page 333 is signed "C.R.S."
SCNHRB copy 1 in bright red buckram binding, title in gilt on spine.
SCNHRB copy 2 (39088005590294) has bookplate: William Healey Dall, Division of Mollusks Sectional Library.
SCNHRB copy 2 inscribed on original front cover: Isaac Lea Esq. with the respects of A.A. Gould.
SCNHRB copy 2 bound in green library buckram, title in white on spine; original printed paper wrappers bound-in.
Data Source
Smithsonian Libraries
Date
1841
Call number
QL415.M4 G6X 1841
QL415.M4 G68 1841
author
Gould, Augustus A (Augustus Addison) 1805-1866
artist
Gould, Augustus A (Augustus Addison) 1805-1866
inscriber
Gould, Augustus A (Augustus Addison) 1805-1866 DSI
engraver
Storm, G. F.
Torbett, Charles W.
former owner
Navarro, Manuel DSI
Girard, Charles 1822-1895 DSI
Dall, William Healey 1845-1927 DSI
Lea, Isaac 1792-1886 DSI
issuing body
Massachusetts Zoological and Botanical Survey
printer
Folsom, Wells, and Thurston
Type
Electronic resources
Digital images
Physical description
xiii, 373 pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place
Massachusetts
Title
Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata
Invertebrata of Massachusetts
Topic
Invertebrates
Ctenophora
Zoology
Mollusks
Record ID
siris_sil_539728
Usage
CC0
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