NATURAL HISTORY
ADAMS, Arthur and others. The Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S.Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher... during the years 1843-1846. London: Frederic Reeve for Reeve and Benham, [1848]-1850.
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ADAMS, Arthur and others. The Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S.Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher... during the years 1843-1846. London: Frederic Reeve for Reeve and Benham, [1848]-1850.
4 parts in one volume, 4° (311 x 246mm). Four section titles. 55 plates (comprising 54 lithographs, 35 hand-coloured, and 1 uncoloured engraving. Near-contemporary green morocco gilt, g.e., by Hayday (worn). Provenance: John Deakin Heaton (armorial bookplate, various inscriptions, including presentation inscription from Sir Edward Belcher); William Beebe (bookplate).
ASSOCIATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Belcher, under whose command this voyage was undertaken and who had been a participant in the search for Franklin, presented the volume to the naturalist William Beebe, author of the monumental monograph on Pheasants. The four parts of the present work are by J.E.Gray on Vertebrata (with 8 coloured plates); Sir J.Richardson on Fishes (with 10 uncoloured plates); Adams and L.Reeve on Mollusca (with 23 coloured and one uncoloured plate) and Adams and A.White on Crustacea (with 4 coloured and 9 uncoloured plates). BM (N.H) I, p.10.
[With]
Admiral Sir Edward BELCHER (1799-1877). Two ALS, dated 3 March 1873 and 1 January 1874, 8vo, 4pp. & 1p., both of philological interest to the ?same correspondent, the first discussing the similarities of certain languages in the Pacific, the second thanking the correspondent for sending a copy of his book "Dict. of Universal Philology". (3)
4 parts in one volume, 4° (311 x 246mm). Four section titles. 55 plates (comprising 54 lithographs, 35 hand-coloured, and 1 uncoloured engraving. Near-contemporary green morocco gilt, g.e., by Hayday (worn). Provenance: John Deakin Heaton (armorial bookplate, various inscriptions, including presentation inscription from Sir Edward Belcher); William Beebe (bookplate).
ASSOCIATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Belcher, under whose command this voyage was undertaken and who had been a participant in the search for Franklin, presented the volume to the naturalist William Beebe, author of the monumental monograph on Pheasants. The four parts of the present work are by J.E.Gray on Vertebrata (with 8 coloured plates); Sir J.Richardson on Fishes (with 10 uncoloured plates); Adams and L.Reeve on Mollusca (with 23 coloured and one uncoloured plate) and Adams and A.White on Crustacea (with 4 coloured and 9 uncoloured plates). BM (N.H) I, p.10.
[With]
Admiral Sir Edward BELCHER (1799-1877). Two ALS, dated 3 March 1873 and 1 January 1874, 8vo, 4pp. & 1p., both of philological interest to the ?same correspondent, the first discussing the similarities of certain languages in the Pacific, the second thanking the correspondent for sending a copy of his book "Dict. of Universal Philology". (3)