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John Latham: A general history of birds   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
John Latham  (1740–1837)  wikidata:Q334364 s:en:Author:John Latham
 
John Latham
Alternative names
Latham
Description British biologist, ornithologist, zoologist, illustrator, naturalist and writer
Date of birth/death 27 June 1740 Edit this at Wikidata 4 February 1837 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Eltham Winchester
Authority file
author QS:P50,Q334364
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Title
A general history of birds
Volume v. 9
Publisher
Winchester [England] : Printed by Jacob and Johnson, for the author : sold in London by G. and W.B. Whittaker ... [and 3 others]
Description
An enlarged and rearranged edition of the author's A general synopsis of birds
The Index to the general history of birds has special t.p. dated 1828
Errors in paging
The adjust plate count includes the following specially numbered plates: LXVII*, LXXXV*, LXXXVII*, XCVIII*, CIV*, CIV**, CVII*, CXII*, and CXXIV*
"Directions for placing plates" found in back of each volume
In v. 9, plate no. CLVII is wrongly numbered as CLIII
Includes bibliographical references and index
Anker, J. Bird books and bird art
Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbücher
BM (Nat. hist.)
extracted picklist
SCNHRB and CHMRB have one copy each. The "directions for plates" leaves have been bound with the preliminaries in some volumes and at the end of the volume in others
SCNHRB copy of v. 4 is imperfect: the leaf containing the errata and directions for plates is wanting
SCNHRB copy has the Index bound in after p. xxxii in v. 1
SCNHRB copy has a bookseller's printed label on front paste-down endpaper: E. Weyhe ... New York
SCNHRB copy has later green half-morocco leather binding with marbled paper boards; raised bands, gilt-tooled spine, and all edges gilt. The binding is signed: J. Wright, binder
CHMRB copy is imperfect: the Index and plate CLXXXII ("Spotted Shag") are wanting. Plate L is misbound after plate XLIX in v. 3; plate CXL in v. 9 has some paper tears and repairs in the lower third of the leaf
CHMRB copy was the gift of Robert W. Chanler; accession nos. 8158-8167 [Robert Winthrop Chanler, 1872-1930, donor. DSI]
CHMRB copy has later brown half-cloth binding with marbled paper boards; gilt-tooled spine; binding signed: Bound by Bailer Bros. N.Y
Subjects: Birds
Language English
Publication date 1824
publication_date QS:P577,+1824-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Current location
IA Collections: biodiversity
Accession number
generalhistoryo09lath
Notes No copyright page found. No table-of-contents pages found.
Authority file  OCLC: 720330740
Source
Internet Archive identifier: generalhistoryo09lath
https://archive.org/download/generalhistoryo09lath/generalhistoryo09lath.pdf

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