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<dl><dd>Issued from 1878-1890 in 20 parts, and reissued in 2 v. each with collective t.p. dated 1885 and 1890</dd>
<dd>Publisher and printer vary: Decades II-IX add: "Published by George Robertson, Little Collins Street" and (to the printer): "And George Robertson, l7 Warwick Square." Decade X-XIV = Decade I. Vol. II t.p., Decade XV-XX: 'By authority: Robert S. Brain, government printer." and Trübner and Co. as sole printer</dd>
<dd>Some plates headed: "Memoirs of the Museum." Drawn, lithographed, or engraved by P.H. MacGillivray, Dr. J.J. Wild, many others, and printed by Hamel &amp; Co., J.M. Ferguson, and others and various sections of the Australian Government Printing Office</dd>
<dd>Some of the plates hand-colored</dd>
<dd>Includes bibliographical references and indexes</dd>
<dd>Vol. 1, Decades 1 to 10 -- v. 2, Decades 11 to 20</dd>
<dd>extracted picklist</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy (v. 1: 39088013489703, v. 2: 39088013489745) bound in black library buckram, title in gilt on spine, marbled edges; original printed paper wrappers bound-in at the end of each v. (each one has stamp: Library, U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution with date and ms. acc. no.)</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Zoology; Fishes; Reptiles</div>
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<dl><dd>McCoy, Frederick, 1823-1899</dd>
<dd>MacGillivray, P. H., ill</dd>
<dd>Wild, J. J., ill</dd>
<dd>Ferguson, J. M., printer of plates</dd>
<dd>Trübner &amp; Co. publisher</dd>
<dd>Hamel &amp; Co., printer of plates</dd></dl></div>
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