On the natural history and classification of birds
By: by William Swainson
Series: Cabinet cyclopaedia. Natural history -- [v. 117-118]; Cabinet cyclopaedia -- [v. 117-118]
Publisher: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman; John Taylor
Published: 1836
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Birds; Classification; Ornithology
Notes: Engraved title pages.

Colophon: London: Printed by A. Spottiswoode.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

SCNHRB has two copies, both imperfect: copy 1 lacking letterpress t.p.s., copy 2 is of v. 2 only.

SCNHRB c. 1 (39088015703523, 39088015703564) stamped on engraved t.p.'s: Library, U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution Apr 1888 [ms. acc. no.] 131495.

SCNHRB c. 1, v. 2 has ink ms. bibliographical note tipped-in following p. vi.

SCNHRB c. 1 bound in brown library buckram, title in gilt on spine, marbled edges and endpapers.

SCNHRB c. 2 (39088015703606) has 8 p. of publisher's advertisements bound in front of v. 2.

SCNHRB c. 2 stamped on letterpress t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum [ms. acc. no.] 266469.

SCNHRB c. 2 bound in green library buckram, title in white on spine.
Table of contents: title: Part I. On the structure and natural history of birds in general; title: Part II. On the bibliography, nomenclature, and preservation of birds; title: Part III. On the natural history and relations of the different orders, tribes, and families of birds.