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LEADER: 02727cam 2200433Ia 4500
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008 000104m18791887enka 000 0 eng d
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm43148291
040 $aOSU$cOSU$dOCLCQ$dOCLCG$dSMI$dUtOrBLW
043 $ae-uk---
049 $aSNI1$nosds 20080917
090 $aQL61$b.A334 1879
100 1 $aAdams, H. G.$q(Henry Gardiner),$d1811 or 12-1881.
245 14 $aThe young naturalist :$ba handy volume upon the collection, preservation, and arrangement of butterflies and shells /$cby H.G. Adams ; illustrated.
246 17 $aBeautiful butterflies
246 17 $aBeautiful shells
260 $aLondon :$bGroombridge and Sons,$c1879 [i.e. 1879-1887]
300 $a2 v. in 1, [16] leaves of plates in various foliations :$bill. (some col.) ;$c19 cm.
500 $aEach v. has a separate t.p.
500 $a"Title page has a publication date of 1879, but v. 2, Beautiful shells, has a publication date of 1887"--Cambridge University Library online catalog record for this ed.
500 $aPagination of each v.: 1. Beautiful butterflies: [2], vii, 133, [1] p., VIII leaves of plates; v. 2. Beautiful shells: [4], 156, [16] p., VIII leaves of plates.
500 $a"Printed by J.E. Adlard, Bartholomew Close"--Verso of t.p., Beautiful butterflies; "Hertford, Simson and Co., printers"--Verso of t.p., Beautiful shells.
505 0 $aBeautiful butterflies described and illustrated -- Beautiful shells, their nature, structure, & uses familiarly explained.
541 $aAbebooks.com (Wadard Books);$cpurchase;$d2008;$h$170.52.
590 $aSCNHRB copy 39088014412639 has bookplates: 1. (printed, but completed in ms. ink) Forest House School, Woodford, Special Prize for Scripture (open to boys under 13), awarded to Edwin Joseph Halsey, summer term, 1886. Alfred Erlebach, B.A., H. Arthur Erlebach, B.A., F.R.G.S., principals; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased from the Alice E. Kennington Rare Book Fund.
590 $aSCNHRB copy has the publisher's black- and gilt-stamped blue embossed cloth binding with yellow endpapers and all edges gilt.
650 0 $aNatural history$xTechnique.
650 0 $aButterflies$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aShells.
650 0 $aBiological specimens$xCollection and preservation.
655 7 $aPrize books.$2rbprov
700 1 $aAdlard, James Evan,$eprinter.
700 1 $aHalsey, Edwin Joseph,$eformer owner.$5DSI
700 1 $aErlebach, Alfred,$einscriber.$5DSI
700 1 $aErlebach, H. Arthur,$einscriber.$5DSI
710 2 $aSimson and Co,$eprinter.
710 2 $aForest House School (Woodford, England),$eassociated name.$5DSI
949 $e2 vols. bound in one
949 $lscnh$gscnhrb$i39088014412639$nlc$trare