Memoirs on the extinct wingless birds of New Zealand : with an appendix on those of England, Australia, Newfoundland, Mauritius, and Rodriguez. Vol. 2, Plates
Title:
Memoirs on the extinct wingless birds of New Zealand : with an appendix on those of England, Australia, Newfoundland, Mauritius, and Rodriguez. Vol. 2, Plates
Description:
Illustrations for treatises on extinct birds, republished as a collection by the author. Accompanied by volume 1, containing text. Plates are cross-referenced from text of treatises.
Creator/Contributor:
Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 (author) and James Erxleben (lithographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1879
Owning Repository:
Walter Geology Library, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
xiv pages, XVI leaves with plates, 1 uncounted leaf with plate (recto, verso scan), leaf XVII-XX, XX.a, XXI-XLI, XLI.A, XLII, XLIIa, XLIII-CXVIII with plates, 2, V leaves with plates, 1 uncounted folded leaf with plate : illustrations, 1 map
Vol. 2 of 2. and 1 uncounted leaf with color plate between plates XVI and XVII, not referenced in the index. The plate shows 2 eggs of Alca Impennis (Great Auk).
Condition Note:
Scans of plates show recto only.
Origin Note:
Front pastedown with bookplate reading "John E. Thayer, Lancaster". Copy possibly from the collection of ornithologist and collector of natural history specimens of the same name.
UTL DAMS PID:
utlgeol:99b27e9e-2a8a-4a73-b6bc-54b04a3f84d4
Related Resource - Other:
Memoirs on the Extinct Wingless Birds of New Zealand, with an Appendix on those of England, Australia, Newfoundland, Mauritius, and Rodriguez [Digital reproduction] (title) and http://hdl.handle.net/2152/16251 (uri)