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The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage / compiled from the collections and notes made by Captain Be...

The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage / compiled from the collections and notes made by Captain Be...

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The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage / compiled from the collections and notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist ... during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring Straits performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom ... in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28, by J. Richardson ... [et al.].

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Full title

The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage / compiled from the collections and notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist ... during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring Straits performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom ... in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28, by J. Richardson ... [et al.].

Publisher

London : Henry G. Bohn, 1839.

Alternative title

Spine title: Copy 1 : Zoology of Beechey's voyage...Copy 2 : Zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage...Copy 3 : F. W. Beechey - Zoology of the voyage of the Blossom.

Date

1839.

Call Numbers

DSM/Q591.9/B , Q83/88 , RB/DQ591.97/2

Record Identifier

74VvEbxqKewy

MMS ID

991011755199702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xii, 180 p., 47 leaves of plates : col. ill., col. maps (1 folded) ; 29 cm.

Publication information

Publisher

London : Henry G. Bohn, 1839.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1839.

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Access Conditions

Copyright status: Out of copyright.

Please acknowledge: State Library of New South Wales.

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Alternative Titles

Full title

The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage / compiled from the collections and notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist ... during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring Straits performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom ... in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28, by J. Richardson ... [et al.].

Notes

General note

"Illustrated with upwards of fifty finely coloured plates by Sowerby."

"Published under the authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

Maps show geological formations.

Ferguson bibliography.

All three Mitchell Library copies are signed, 'D.S. Mitchell'.

Dixson library copy at: Q83/88 has a bookplate for F. Hobill Cole.

Rare Books copy: Has stamp of the "Free Public Library of New South Wales, Sydney"....

Citation / References Note

Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 2710.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

DSM/Q591.9/B , Q83/88 , RB/DQ591.97/2

Record Identifier

74VvEbxqKewy

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvEbxqKewy

Other Identifiers

DDC

591.9

MMS ID

991011755199702626

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