The animal kingdom : arranged in conformity with its organization
Georges Cuvier (Author), Edward Griffith (Author), Charles Hamilton Smith (Author), Edward Pidgeon (Author), John Edward Gray (Author), George Robert Gray (Author), P. A. Latreille (Author), George Byrom Whittaker (Publisher), William Clowes (Printer), Henry Baylis (Printer), John Edmund Dowdeswell (Former owner), Richard Congreve (Former owner), Whittaker, Treacher and Co (Publisher), Whittaker & Co (Publisher), Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club (Former owner), Shackell and Baylis (Printer), Gilbert & Rivington (Printer), Pull Court (Bushley : Worcestershire). Library (Former owner)
Print Book, English, 1827
Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane, Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., Ave-Maria-Lane, Printed for Whittaker and Co., Ave-Maria-Lane, London, London, London, 1827
Armorial bookplates (Provenance) England Worcestershire 19th century
16 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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Volumes 1-4. The class Mammalia / arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions by Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith and Edward Pidgeon (1827)
volume 5. Synopsis of the species of the class Mammalia, as arranged with reference to their organization by Cuvier and other naturalists : with specific characters, synonyma, &c. &c (1827)
volumes 6-8. The class Aves / arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions by Edward Griffith and Edward Pidgeon, the additional species inserted in the text of Cuvier by John Edward Gray (1829)
volume 9. The class Reptilia / arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions by Edward Griffith and Edward Pidgeon (1831)
volume 10. The class Pisces / arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions by Edward Griffith and Charles Hamilton Smith (1834)
volume [11]. The fossil remains of the animal kingdom / by Edward Pidgeon (1830)
volume 12. The Mollusca and Radiata / arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions to each order by Edward Griffith and Edward Pidgeon (1834)
volume 13. The classes Annelida, Crustacea, and Arachnida / arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions to each order by Edward Griffith and Edward Pidgeon (1833)
volumes 14-15. The class Insecta / arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions to each order by Edward Griffith and Edward Pidgeon, and notices of new genera and species by George Gray (1832)
volume [16]. A classified index and synopsis of The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization / by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions to each order, by Edward Griffith and others
Revised translation of: Le règne animal
Translation of the section Insecta, authored by P. Latreille, from Cuvier's Règne animal
Some volumes have half-title: The animal kingdom, &c. &c. (varies slightly)
Imprint varies: v. 1-5, London : Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker; v. 6-9, 11, 13-15, London : Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co.; v. 10, 12, [16], London : Printed for Whittaker and Co
Printer varies: v. 1-5, 11, London : Printed by William Clowes; v. 6-8, London : Shackell and Baylis; v. 9, London : Henry Baylis, Johnson's Court; v. 10-[16], London : Gilbert & Rivington, Printers
Issued in parts. Plates mostly colored and many are in two states, both colored and uncolored
Volumes 1-15 also have a special title page
Volume 11 lacks volume number designation, called "Supplementary volume on the fossils" ; volume 16 lacks volume number designation
Title of volumes 12-15 varies slightly: ... by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions to each order by Edward Griffith ... and others
Includes in volume [16]: "A tabular view of the classification of animals adopted by the Baron Cuvier; with specific examples" (p. i-cxix), "Alphabetical table of authors quoted in this work" (p. 283-328), and index
Bookplate "Richard Congreve"--Tipped in endpaper