Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities
Subtitle: 2nd series
By: by Wm. Swainson
Contributors: Bayfield, George; Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927, former owner
Publisher: Baldwin & Cradock
Published: 1829
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Zoology; Mollusks; Shells; Insects; Birds; Pictorial works
Other titles: Zoological illustrations; Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals
Notes: Publisher statement varies: v. 1, "Printed by R. Havell ..., published by Baldwin and Cradock ..."; v. 2-3, "Printed by W.J. Sparrow ..., published by Baldwin & Cradock ... and R. Havell ...."

Work consists of hand-colored ill. on 136 leaves of plates, with explanatory text on facing pages and blank guard-sheets. Vol. [1] has [48] plates, v. 2, [42] plates, and v. 3, [46] plates (plates are mostly continuously numbered).

Issued in parts. In some copies, the text and plates have been arranged according to the varieties of animals covered (i.e. birds; insects; and shells).

Plates hand-colored by G. Bayfield (see Preface, v. 3).

A "List of original subscribers" ([1] p.) is bound in at the end of v. 3.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

BM (Nat. hist.), v. 5, p. 2054

Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., p. 612-614

extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX

Plates hand-colored.

CHMRB and SCNHRB have one copy each.

CHMRB copy has barcodes v. 1, 39088007075328; v. 2, 39088007075336; and v. 3, 39088007075344.

SCNHRB copy [barcodes v. 1, 39088009154741; v. 2, 39088009178872; and v. 3, 39088009154732] has bookplate: Ex libris William Healey Dall, Division of Mollusks Sectional Library. Vol. 2 has label, "This book was bound through the generosity of the National Capital Shell Club."

SCNHRB copy has a later binding of embossed green cloth with gilt-lettered spine and decorated endpapers; v.1 & v. 3 have all edges gilt.