A Cornish fauna
Subtitle: being a compendium of the natural history of the county : intended to form a companion to the collection in the Museum of the Royal Institution of Cornwall
Contributors: Couch, Richard Quiller, 1816-1863; Mullens, W. H. (William Herbert), b. 1866, possible former owner; Richmond, Charles Wallace, 1868-1932, former owner; Royal Institution of Cornwall
Publisher: Printed for the Royal Institution of Cornwall, by L.E. Gillet
Published: 1838
Place of publication: Truro
Language: eng
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: Zoology
Notes: Errata slip following p. 26 in pt. II.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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SCNHRB copy (39088013488457) has armorial bookplate of W.H. Mullens.

SCNHRB copy inscribed in pencil on verso of t.p.'s: Chas. W. Richmond. Stamped on front cover and t.p. of pt. 1: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Richmond Collection [ms. acc. no.] 265672.

SCNHRB copy bound in recent dark brown goatskin and red cloth boards, title in gilt on spine, marbled endpapers, original blue printed paper wrappers (except for pt. 3) bound-in.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. Vertebrate, crustacean, and a portion of the radiate animals, by Jonathan Couch; title: pt. II. The testaceous mollusks, by Jonathan Couch; title: pt. III. The zoophytes and calcareous corallines, by Richard Q. Couch.