Crustacea
By: By James D. Dana ... With a folio atlas of ninety- six plates. Part I [-II]
Contributors: United States. Dept. of State. Library
Series: United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. United States exploring expedition -- v.13-14.
Publisher: Printed by C. Sherman
Published: 1852
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Crustacea; Zoogeography
Notes: Text, 1852-1853, atlas 1855, was not issued until 1861.

Paged continuously.

Text has half-title: United States exploring expedition. By authority of Congress.

On t.-p. of atlas ... Atlas. Crustacea. By James D. Dana ... By authority of Congress. Philadelphia, C. Sherman, printer, 1855.

"After the engraving of the plates ... was completed, a large part of the original drawings were destroyed by fire in Philadelphia. In consequence ... many of the ... plates, which were to have been coloured from the missing drawings, are issued uncoloured."--Preface to Atlas.

On the geographical distribution of Crustacea: p. [1451]-1592.

Includes index.

Works and memoirs consulted in preparation of tables showing the geographical distribution: p. 1591-1592.

Haskell, D.C. U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, 54 and 57, p. 78-82.

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