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<dl><dd>Includes bibliographical references and index</dd>
<dd>Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy is incomplete, with v. 1 and v. 2, only. Volume 1 (1816) has xxiii, 517 p. and plates I-III; v. 2 (1817) has 529 p., with plates IV and V</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy of v. 1 (39088001705375) and v. 2 (39088001705383) has stamp: Office Library of the Smithsonian Institution; with accession no. (for both v.): 14316</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy of v. 1 is from the 2nd ed., v. 2 is apparently from the 1st ed</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy has the autograph of a former owner: G.E. Howman[?]</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy has old half-leather bindings with marbled paper boards, gilt-tooled spine, and red sprinkled edges. Each v. is housed in an archival paperboard portfolio with blue paste-paper spines and typed spine labels</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Entomology; Insects</div>
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<dl><dd>Kirby, William, 1759-1850</dd>
<dd>Richard and Arthur Taylor (Firm), printer</dd>
<dd>Spence, William, 1783-1860</dd>
<dd>Curtis, John, 1791-1862, ill</dd></dl></div>
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