The class Mammalia
By: arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions by Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, and Edward Pidgeon
Contributors: Griffith, Edward, 1790-1858; Pidgeon, Edward; Smith, Charles Hamilton; Landseer, Thomas, 1795-1880, ill; Basire, James, 1769-1835, engraver; Bradley, T., engraver; Clowes, William, 1779-1847, printer
Series: [Cuvier's Animal kingdom -- v. 1-5]
Publisher: Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker
Published: 1827
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Other titles: Animal kingdom,; Mammalia; Synopsis of the species of the class Mammalia, as arranged with reference to their organization, by Cuvier, and other naturalists.
Work titles: Règne animal. Mammifères
Notes: Issued in 13 parts between 1824 and 1827, although the t.p. for each v. is dated 1827. See C.F. Cowan, "Notes on Griffith's Animal kingdom of Cuvier," J. Soc. Bib. Nat. Hist. (1969), 5 (2):137-140.

Volume 5 has title: Synopsis of the species of the class Mammalia, as arranged with reference to their organization, by Cuvier, and other naturalists, with specific characters, synonyma, &c. &c.

"London: printed by Willam Clowes ..."--Verso of t.p.

Illustrators include Smith, Lewin, and Landseer; engravers include Griffith, Basire, and Bradley.

"Preliminary sketch of the rise and progress of zoology"--V. 1, p. [xiii]-lxxx.

Includes bibliographical references.

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SCNHRB copy has stamp on verso of series t.p.'s: Smithsonian Instiution National Museum, Mar. 26, 1918; with accession nos.: 321643-321647. There is also an illegible autograph of a former owner in ink on t.p.'s.

SCNHRB copy of v. 4 has p. 457-458 (presumably a cancelled leaf) partially torn out, with a replacement leaf inserted before it.

SCNHRB copy has a later black buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine; the margins of the text block have been cropped, slightly affecting some plates.