Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America : containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. /

Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America : containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. /

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Author / Creator:	Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865
Imprint:	London : J. Murray [etc.], 1829-1837.
Description:	4 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Zoology -- Canada. Zoology -- Arctic regions Zoology. Arctic Regions. Canada.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4198759

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Other title:	Fauna boreali-americana. Zoology of the northern parts of British America. Northern zoology.
Other authors / contributors:	Swainson, William, 1789-1855 Kirby, William, 1759-1850
Notes:	Vol. 1: xlvi, 300 p., [28] leaves of plates; v. 2: lxvi, 523 p., [50] leaves of plates; v. 3: xv, 327 p., [23] leaves of plates; v. 4: xxxix, 325 p., 8 leaves of plates. Plates in pt. 2 and 4, and some in pt. 3 are colored. Plates in pt. 3 numbered 74-97; plates in other pts. have miscellaneous numbering. "Published under the authority of the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs." Running title: Northern zoology. Imprint varies: v. 3, London : R. Bentley; v. 4, Norwich : J. Fletcher : And sold in London by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. Vol. 4 also issued with individual t.p.: Entomologia boreali americana. Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Table of Contents:

pt. 1. The quadrupeds / by John Richardson. 1829
pt. 2. The birds / by William Swainson and John Richardson. 1831
pt. 3. The fish / by John Richardson. 1836
pt. 4. The insects / by the Rev. William Kirby. 1837.