Plates with hand-coloring, signed: P. Brünniche, H. Aviste sc.

Signatures: A-D⁸ E².

Bound with (as issued) supplement: Tillæg til Ederfuglens beskrivelse / af M.Th. Brünniche. Kiøbenhavn : trukt hos Andreas Hartvig Godiche, 1763.

Includes bibliographical references.

Catalogue of the books, manuscripts, maps and drawings in the British Museum (Natural History), vol. 1, page 267

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SCNHRB has two copies.

SCNHRB copy 1 (39088007650070) imperfect: lacking plates nos. 1 & 2.

SCNHRB copy 1 stamped on the title page: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Richmond Collection [manuscript accession no.] 181624. Inscribed in ink on verso of title page: Chas. W. Richmond July, 1904.

SCNHRB copy 1 bound in old speckled paper boards, title in manuscript on spine; address label to C.W. Richmond from Skandinavisk Antiquariat, Købehavn, tipped-in at end.

SCNHRB copy 2 (39088003174612) has bookplate of Jonathan Dwight Jr. With the Tucker pencilled collational notes on title page.

SCNHRB copy 2 has two ink signatures on front free endpaper: one unidentified; the other, dated 1845, crossed out. Inscribed in ink on title page: P. Brünniche.

SCNHRB copy 2 bound in old sprinkled calf, single gilt fillet and fleuron, title in gilt on spine, red edges, marbled endpapers.