Ornithorhynchi Paradoxi : descriptio anatomica : accedunt tabulae aeneae VIII / auctore Ioanne Frede...
Ornithorhynchi Paradoxi : descriptio anatomica : accedunt tabulae aeneae VIII / auctore Ioanne Frede...
Ornithorhynchi Paradoxi : descriptio anatomica : accedunt tabulae aeneae VIII / auctore Ioanne Frederico Meckelio.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Lipsiae [Leipzig] : Gerard Fleisher, 1826.
Date
1826.
Call Numbers
MRB/F10
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
Latin
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
63 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill ; 53 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Lipsiae [Leipzig] : Gerard Fleisher, 1826.
Date Published
1826.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
The first monograph on an Australian animal, with fine plates, depicting the platypus life-size. Meckel's discovery that the female had a mammary gland, so that this strange animal was a mammal, was sensational news for his fellow zoologists.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Ornithorhynchi Paradoxi : descriptio anatomica : accedunt tabulae aeneae VIII / auctore Ioanne Frederico Meckelio.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references.
Mitchell Library copy: Has original brown papered boards with printed label....
Citation / References Note
Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 1086a.
Additional physical form availability note
Selected images online at the State Library of NSW.
Online at the National Library of Australia.
Contextual Information
Other version (online)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MRB/F10
Record Identifier
74VK2z5A7P4b
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK2z5A7P4b
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MMS ID
991018017979702626
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