| Notes: | Atlas has t.-p.: ... Atlas. Zoophytes. By James D. Dana ... By authority of Congress. Philadelphia, C. Sherman, printer, 1849.
Text has half-title: United States exploring expedition.
Edition of 100 copies.
Also 100 copies issued with imprint: Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard.
The edition on sale being exhausted, the author in 1859 issued a smaller volume to accompany complete copies of the Atlas: Synopsis of the report on zoophytes of the U. S. Exploring expedition around the world, under C. Wilkes, U. S. N. commander, in the years 1838-1842. By James D. Dana. New Haven, Pub. by the author.
"The subject of corals, in this volume, is treated exclusively in a zoological point of view. The geological questions with regard to the formation and structure of coral-reefs and islands, will come up for discussion in the author's geological report"--Preface, p. iii.
The introductory part was also issued separately: Structure and classification of zoophytes. Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard, 1846.
Another ed. was published without the preface (Cf. Haskell, 21B)
Plate no. 27 incorrectly numbered 30.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 725-729) and index.
Haskell 21A and 25.
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