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<dl><dd>Vol. 2 has engraved t.p.: The genera vermium of Linnaeus : part 2, exemplified by several of the rarest and most elegant subjects in the orders of the Testacea, Lithophyta, and Zoophyta animalia ..</dd>
<dd>Vol. 1 was published separately in 1783</dd>
<dd>Some plates are hand-colored</dd>
<dd>Each vol. has an added t.p., engraved, and includes a list of subscribers</dd>
<dd>Vol. 2 has imprint: London: Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by J. Barbut, March 1st, 1788, and sold by B. White &amp; Son ..</dd>
<dd>Includes index</dd>
<dd>ESTC</dd>
<dd>BM (NH)</dd>
<dd>extracted picklist</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB has 2 copies</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 1 (39088006405070) has 2 pts. bound in 1 v</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplate Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Bequest of S. Stillman Berry; with his stamp</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 1 is the gift of Clyde Roper</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 1 has ms. inscription of J. Griffiths on added engraved t.p., pt. 1</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 1 has plain old leather binding with gilt-tooled spine, raised bands</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 2 (v.1: 39088011499647; v.2: 39088011698644) has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Dr. Frederick M. Bayer</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 2 has Bayer's monogram stamp on verso of t.p.'s</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 2 has bookdealer's description laid-in, ms. signature of John Gurney Earlham on front free endpaper of vol. 1. Bookplate of Joseph John Gurney (v. 1) and armorial bookplate of Thomas Ferguson (v. 2)</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB c. 2 has vol. 1 half-bound in calf and marbled paper over boards, vol. 2 in tree calf binding</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Invertebrates; Worms; Mollusks; Corals</div>
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<dl><dd>Barbut, James</dd>
<dd>Roper, Clyde F. E., 1937- , donor. DSI</dd>
<dd>Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984, former owner. DSI</dd>
<dd>Earlham, John Gurney, former owner. DSI</dd>
<dd>Gurney, Joseph John, former owner. DSI</dd>
<dd>Ferguson, Thomas, former owner. DSI</dd>
<dd>Bayer, Frederick M., former owner. DSI</dd></dl></div>
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