MARC Record from Library of Congress

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051 $aQH41$b.C26 Copy 2$cProvenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation; bookplates of: Sir Edmund C. Hartopp and James Frothingham Hunnewell; bound in 4 v.
100 1 $aCatesby, Mark,$d1683-1749.
245 14 $aThe natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands :$bcontaining the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants : particularly the forest-trees, shrubs, and other plants, not hitherto described, or very incorrectly figured by authors : together with their descriptions in English and French, to which, are added observations on the air, soil, and waters, with remarks upon agriculture, grain, pulse, roots, &c. : to the whole, is prefixed a new and correct map of the countries treated of /$cby Mark Catesby ... = Histoire naturelle de la Caroline, la Floride, & les isles Bahama : contenant les desseins des oiseaux, animaux, poissons, serpents, insectes, & plantes : et en particulier, des arbres des forets, arbrisseaux, & autres plantes qui n'ont point été decrits, jusques à present par les auteurs, ou peu exactement dessinés : avec leurs descriptions en franc̥ois & en anglois, a quoi on a adjouté, des observations sur l'air, le sol, & les eaux, avec des remarques sur l'agriculture, les grains, les legumes, les racines, &c. : le tout est precedé d'une carte nouvelle & exacte des païs dont il s'agist / par Marc Catesby ...
246 31 $aHistoire naturelle de la Caroline, la Floride, & les isles Bahama
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted at the expence of the author, and sold by W. Innys and R. Manby ... by Mr. Hauksbee, at the Royal Society House, and by the author, at Mr. Bacon's in Hoxton,$c1731-43.
300 $a2 v., [222] leaves of plates :$bcol. ill., col. map ;$c52 cm. (fol.)
546 $aText in English and French in parallel columns.
500 $aVol. 1: [4], xii, 100, [6] p., [102] leaves of plates; v. 2: [2], 100, xliv, 20, [8] p., [120] leaves of plates.
500 $aSignatures: v. 1: pi² a-c² A-2B²; v. 2: pi1 2B-3C² A-L² *² 2*²(12*2) ²A-²E².
500 $aThe illustrations were etched by the author from his own drawings and hand colored under his direction. Cf. Preface, v. 1, -. xi-xii.
500 $aTitle pages printed in red and black; list of subscribers, v. 1, p. [3-4].
510 4 $aNissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration (2. Aufl.),$c336
510 4 $aNissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbücher,$c177
500 $aIncludes indexes.
650 0 $aNatural history$vPre-Linnean works.
650 0 $aNatural history$vPictorial works.
650 0 $aNatural history$zSouthern States.
650 0 $aNatural history$zBahamas.
700 1 $aHartopp, Edmund C.,$cSir,$eformer owner.
700 1 $aHunnewell, James Frothingham,$d1832-1910,$eformer owner.$5DLC
710 2 $aJay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC
752 $aEngland$dLondon.