Illustrations of the genera of birds, embracing their generic characters : with sketches of their habits. /
Brown, Thomas,1785-1862.
London : Smith, Elder, & Co. ... ; Edinburgh : Maclachlan & Stewart ...,
[1845-1846]
Physical description based on NLS copy; other extant copies are described as having [110] p. of text and [59] leaves of plates (cf. Robert M. Mengel, Catalogue of the Ellis Collection of Ornithological Books in the University of Kansas Libraries, no. 394).
Work appears to have been issued in 14 (or possibly 16) parts between 1845 and 1846; 50 parts were originally contemplated but these were never completed.
Lithograph plates, after Brown (one after William Jardine) are engraved by J. Miller and W.H. Lizars; 48 of the 51 plates in the NLS copy are hand-coloured.
NLS copy has variant title page with "part second" above the imprint, in other copies a title page with "part first" was usually issued with part XII.
NLS copy is incomplete and misbound, collation of printed text, which precedes the plates, is as follows: [pi]², A-C⁴, D², E⁴, G-h⁴, K², N1, Q1, U⁴[U3-4 bound after Q1], V-W⁴, Y², bb1, F1, bb2-3.
Correct collation of NLS copy is assumed to be: [pi]², A-C⁴, D²,  Y1-2 [bound after W4],  bb1-3 [bound after Y2],  E⁴, F1 [bound after bb1],  G-h⁴, K²,  N1,  Q1,  U⁴[U3-4 bound after Q1], V-W⁴.
Ellis Coll.
Wood, C.  Verterbrate zoology,
Birds
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