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Item Information   Holdings     Discover more across the Smithsonian     Allen, J. A.     Cetacea     Sirenia     Blake, James Henry,     Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)     T. Sinclair & Son,       MARC Display

[Plates prepared for an unpublished monograph on the mammalian orders Cete and Sirenia].   Author:  Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921. Title:  [Plates prepared for an unpublished monograph on the mammalian orders Cete and Sirenia]. Publisher:  [Washington, D.C.? : U.S. G.P.O.?, 1881?] Description:  12 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 32 cm. Full Text:   CC0 Notes:  Title devised by cataloger. Apparently intended by Allen to be issued as part of v. 6, pt. 3 of the Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (Hayden Survey). The probable date of printing, presumably by the United States Government Printing Office, and other background bibliographical information have been taken from the article, "Plates for Joel Asaph Allen's unpublished monograph on the mammalian orders Cete and Sirenia and a record of the search for the manuscript," by James G. Mead and Rosemary G. Dagit, from Smithsonian contributions to palaeobiology, no. 93, p. 357-372. Plates are signed: J.H. Blake del.; T. Sinclair & Son, lith., Philad[elphi]a. Also available online. Local Note:  SCNHRB copy 39088010317188 is accompanied by two laid-in items: 1. Notes ([1] p.) by James G. Mead, headed "Cetacean Litho's," briefly outlining the publication history of Allen's work towards a monograph on cetaceans; 2. Reprinted article, "Plates for Joel Asaph Allen's unpublished monograph on the mammalian orders Cete and Sirenia and a record of the search for the manuscript," by James G. Mead and Rosemary G. Dagit, from Smithsonian contributions to palaeobiology, no. 93, p. 357-372. SCNHRB copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Gift of Dr. James G. Mead. SCNHRB copy has the plates and the laid-in materials loosely inserted in an archival paperboard portfolio with green cloth spine. Elecresource Subject:  Cetacea -- Pictorial works. Sirenia -- Pictorial works. Added Author:  Blake, James Henry, b. 1845, ill. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) T. Sinclair & Son, lithographer. Added Title:  Binder's title: Plates for Joel Asaph Allen's unpublished monograph ... U.S. Geol. Survey of the Territories Catalog Source No.:  (OCoLC)ocm53873467 Copy/Holding information Call No. Collection Barcode Status   QL737 .C4A44 1881 (Internet) Electronic Resources e718442 Cataloged Request Copy Add Copy to MyList QL737 .C4A44 1881 quarto Cullman Library Rare Books 39088010317188 Checked In Request Copy Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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