The Ray Society
Subtitle: 150th anniversary.
Contributors: Platts, Elizabeth.; Ray Society.
Series: Publication no. 163 of the Ray Society; Ray Society (Series) -- no. 163.
Publisher: The Society
Published: 1994
Place of publication: [London
Language: eng
Subjects: Johnston, George, -- 1797-1855.; Ray Society.; Zoology -- Pictorial works.; Natural history illustration.
Other titles: In celebration of the Ray Society, established 1844, and its founder, George Johnston (1797-1855); 150th anniversary of the Ray Society.
Notes: Title from portfolio.

Portfolio also includes booklet (16 p. : 1 port. ; 24 cm.)

"In celebration of the Ray Society, established 1844, and its founder, George Johnston (1797-1855)" [by Elizabeth Platts]: booklet, p. 2-9.

"Publications of the Ray Society, compiled by Elizabeth Platts and David Heppell": booklet, p. 10-16.

Series statement from booklet.

Also included in portfolio is a sales brochure ([4] p. on 1 folded sheet : col. ill. ; 21 cm.), with title: 150th anniversary of the Ray Society ... Special edition prints."

Limited ed. of 500 copies.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: print no. 1. Alder and Hancock's nudibranchiate molluscs; value: an aeolid sea slug : Joshua Alder (1792-1867) and Albany Hancock (1806-1873) : plate 12, family 3 of A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca, part II (1846) / [Elizabeth Platts]; value: print no. 2. Alder and Hancock's nudibranchiate molluscs; value: a doric sea slug : Josua Alder (1792-1867) and Albany Hancock (1806-1873) : plate 3, family 1 of A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca, part VI (1854) / [Elizabeth Platts]; value: print no. 3. Blackwall's crab spiders : John Blackwall (1790-1881) : plate no. IV from A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, volume I (1860) / [Paul D. Hillyard]; value: print no. 4. Allman's hydroids : George James Allman (1812-1898) : plate no. VI from A monograph of the gymnoblastic or tubularian hydroids, volume I (1871) / [P.F.S. Cornelius]; value: print no. 5. The mites of A.D. Michael : Albert Davidson Michael (1836-1927) : plate no. XXV from British Oribatidae, volume II (1888) and plate no. XXX (right) from British Tyroglyphidae, volume II (1901) / [Gwilym O. Evans and D. Macfarlane]; value: print no. 6. Boulenger's frogs : George Albert Boulenger (1859-1938) : plate no. VII (top) and plate no. XXIV (bottom) from The Tailless batrachians of Europe, volumes I and II (1897 and 1898) / [Nicholas Arnold]; value: print no. 7. McIntosh's polychaete worms : William Carmichael McIntosh (1838-1931) : plate XLVII from A monograph of the British marine annelids, volume 2, part I (1908) / [J. David George]; value: print no. 8. McIntosh's polychaete worms : William Carmichael McIntosh (1838-1931) : plate CXV from A monograph of the British marine annelids, volume 4, part II (1923) / [J. David George]