Zoophytes
By: by James D. Dana, A.M., geologist of the Expedition ... ; with a folio atlas of sixty-one plates.
Series: United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. ;; vol. 7
Publisher: Printed by C. Sherman
Published: 1846
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 740
Subjects: Ctenophora.
Notes: Haskell 21A and 25.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 725-729) and index.
"By authority of Congress"--Half-title p., text; t.p., atlas.
Text vol. has half-title: United States Exploring Expedition.
Atlas lacks series vol. designation.
Publisher's statement on atlas varies slightly.
Edition of 100 copies.
"The subject of corals, in this volume, is treated exclusively in a zoological point of view. The geological questions with regard to the formation and structure of coral-reefs and islands, will come up for discussion in the author's geological report"--Preface, p. iii.
The introductory part (p. [7]-120, 709-720) was also issued separately with title: Structure and classification of zoophytes. Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard, 1846.
Another ed. was published without the preface (Cf. Haskell, 21B)
Plate no. 27 incorrectly numbered 30.