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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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Description

4 v. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.

Alternative Title

Fauna boreali-americana.
Zoology of the northern parts of British America.
Northern zoology.

Subjects

Zoology > Arctic regions
Zoology > Canada

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.

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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.

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