Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America
Subtitle: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N.
By: by John Richardson, surgeon and naturalist to the expeditions ; assisted by William Swainson and William Kirby ; illustrated by numerous plates.
Contributors: Swainson, William, 1789-1855.; Kirby, William, 1759-1850.
Publisher: J. Murray
Published: 1829
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Zoology -- Arctic regions; Zoology -- Canada
Other titles: Fauna boreali-americana; Zoology of the northern parts of British America
Notes: Wagner-Camp (4th ed.) 39
Includes bibliographical references and indices.
Title varies.
Vol. 4 was also issued with special title: Entomologia boreali americana ... by the Rev. William Kirby, Norwich, 1837.
"Published under the authority of the right honourable the secretary of state for colonial affairs."
Imprint of v. 2: London, J. Murray, 1831; v. 3: London, R. Bentley, 1836; v. 4: Norwich, J. Fletcher, and sold in London by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1837.
Includes 110 plates (72 col.).
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. The quadrupeds / J. Richardson; title: pt. 2. The birds / W. Swainson and J. Richardson; title: pt. 3. The fish / J. Richardson; title: pt. 4. The insects / W. Kirby.