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Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America : containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N.

Title
Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America : containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. / by John Richardson, surgeon and naturalist to the expeditions ; assisted by William Swainson and the Reverend William Kirby.
Author
Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865.
Publication
London : J. Murray [etc.], 1829-1837.

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Additional Authors
  • Swainson, William, 1789-1855.
  • Kirby, William, 1759-1850.
Description
4 v. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Fauna boreali-americana.
  • Zoology of the northern parts of British America.
  • Northern zoology.
Subjects
Note
  • Vol. 1: xlvi, 300 p., [28] leaves of plates; v. 2: lxvi, 523 p., [50] leaves of plates; v. 3: xv, 327 p., [23] leaves of plates; v. 4: xxxix, 325 p., 8 leaves of plates.
  • Plates in pt. 2 and 4, and some in pt. 3 are colored.
  • Plates in pt. 3 numbered 74-97; plates in other pts. have miscellaneous numbering.
  • "Published under the authority of the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs."
  • Running title: Northern zoology.
  • Imprint varies: v. 3, London : R. Bentley; v. 4, Norwich : J. Fletcher : And sold in London by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans.
  • Vol. 4 also issued with individual t.p.: Entomologia boreali americana.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Contents
pt. 1. The quadrupeds / by John Richardson. 1829 -- pt. 2. The birds / by William Swainson and John Richardson. 1831 -- pt. 3. The fish / by John Richardson. 1836 -- pt. 4. The insects / by the Rev. William Kirby. 1837.
Call Number
QGS (Richardson, J. Fauna boreali-americana)
LCCN
06025483
OCLC
13607386
Author
Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865.
Title
Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America : containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. / by John Richardson, surgeon and naturalist to the expeditions ; assisted by William Swainson and the Reverend William Kirby.
Imprint
London : J. Murray [etc.], 1829-1837.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Local Note
Cogswell.
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Added Author
Swainson, William, 1789-1855.
Kirby, William, 1759-1850.
Added Title
Fauna boreali-americana.
Zoology of the northern parts of British America.
Northern zoology.
Research Call Number
QGS (Richardson, J. Fauna boreali-americana)
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