Written in the form of letters to an unnamed correspondent.

Dedicated to Sir Joseph Banks.

Sets of this work are frequently composed of volumes from different editions. See the entry in the British Museum (Natural History) catalog, v. 2, p. 983, for publication information.

"Richard and Arthur Taylor, printers, London"--Verso of t.p.

The plates are signed: J. Curtis del. et sculp.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, I, 2189

SCNHRB copy is incomplete, with v. 1 and v. 2, only. Volume 1 (1816) has xxiii, 517 p. and plates I-III; v. 2 (1817) has 529 p., with plates IV and V.

SCNHRB copy of v. 1 (39088001705375) and v. 2 (39088001705383) has stamp: Office Library of the Smithsonian Institution; with accession no. (for both v.): 14316.

SCNHRB copy of v. 1 is from the 2nd ed., v. 2 is apparently from the 1st ed.

SCNHRB copy has the autograph of a former owner: G.E. Howman[?].

SCNHRB copy has old half-leather bindings with marbled paper boards, gilt-tooled spine, and red sprinkled edges. Each v. is housed in an archival paperboard portfolio with blue paste-paper spines and typed spine labels.