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<dl><dd>Imprint varies: v. 3: Reeve and Benham; v. 4: London : Henry G. Bohn, 1856</dd>
<dd>"Memoir of the late William Thompson": v. 4, p. [x]-xxx</dd>
<dd>Errata: p. [492], v. 3</dd>
<dd>Includes bibliographical references and indexes</dd>
<dd>Vol. I. Birds, Raptores &amp; Insessores. 1849 -- v. II. Birds, Rasores &amp; Grallatores. 1850 -- v. III. Birds, Natatores. 1851 -- v. IV. Mammalia, reptiles, and fishes. Also Invertebrata. [Comp. from the author's manuscript notes by R. Patterson, J.R. Garrett and G. Dickie, and ed. by R. Patterson] 1856</dd>
<dd>extracted picklist</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy (v. 1: 39088013488879; v. 2: 39088013488911; v. 3: 39088013488952; v. 4: 39088013488994) has booklabel of John E. Thayer, Lancaster</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Alexander Wetmore. Inscribed in ink on front free endpaper: A. Wetmore</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy has a 16-p. publisher's catalog bound at the end of v. 1 (January 1849), v. 2 (December 1849) and v. 3 (March 1851)</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy in original publisher's green cloth binding, blind-embossed, title in gilt on spine</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Zoology</div>
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<dl><dd>Thompson, William, 1805-1852</dd>
<dd>Patterson, Robert, 1802-1872</dd>
<dd>Garrett, James R., 1855</dd>
<dd>Dickie, George, 1813?-1882</dd>
<dd>Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978, former owner. DSI</dd>
<dd>Thayer, John Eliot, 1862- former owner. DSI</dd></dl></div>
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