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A selection from the most remarkable and interesting of the fishes found on the coast of Ceylon : from drawings made in the southern part of that island, from the living specimens   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Bennett, John Whitchurch
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887, former owner. DSI
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Title
A selection from the most remarkable and interesting of the fishes found on the coast of Ceylon : from drawings made in the southern part of that island, from the living specimens
Publisher
London : Edward Bull
Description
Originally published: London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1830
"W. Wilson, printer ... London"--Verso of half title
At head of title: Dedicated, by special permission, to His Most Gracious Majesty George IV. King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and King of Hanover, &c. &c. &c
Each plate accompanied by a leaf of descriptive letterpress
Plates are hand-colored
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SCNHRB copy (39088015067325) stamped on t.p.: Division of Fishes; Spencer F. Baird [and] Library, U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution Mar 3 1882 [ms. acc. no.] 124800
SCNHRB copy has further pencilled identifications on descriptive letterpress leaves
SCNHRB copy stamped in red at end: 1 Aug., 1858
SCNHRB copy bound in blue library buckram, title in gilt on spine

Subjects: Fishes; Fishes
Language eng
Publication date 1834
publication_date QS:P577,+1834-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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IA Collections: biodiversity
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selectionfrommo00benn
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Authority file  OCLC: 1084941064
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https://archive.org/details/selectionfrommo00benn
https://archive.org/download/selectionfrommo00benn/selectionfrommo00benn.pdf

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