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Additional authors

1. Haas, Peter, 1754-after 1804.
2. Heidenreich, J. D.
3. Schellenberg, Johann Rudolf, 1740-1806.
4. Schmidt, Ludwig, active 1787-1808.
5. Guimpel, Friedrich, 1774-

Description

1. 3 v., LXII folded leaves of plates : col. ill., port.; 29 cm. (4to)

Alternative title

1. Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse

Subject

1. Lobsters > Early works to 1800
2. Crayfish > Early works to 1800
3. Crabs > Early works to 1800

Call number

1. *KF 1782 03-95

Note

1. Issued in parts, with special title pages. "Erstes Heft" (v. 1, pt. 1) has special t.p. with imprint: Zürich : Bey Joh. Caspar Fuessly, 1782.
2. Vol. 3, pts. 1-3 designated at foot of first p. of text as "Ungeflügelte Insekt., III Heft," "Ungeflügelte Insekt., III. Band, II. Heft" and "Ungeflügelte Insekt., III. Band, III. Heft," respectively.
3. For more information on the publication and collation of this work, cf. article by M.J. Rathbun in Proc. biol. Soc. Wash. XI (1897), p. 157.
4. Errors in paging: Vol. 1: nos. 239-240 omitted; nos. 247-248 repeated.
5. Plates are hand-colored engravings (plate marks ca. 26 x 44 cm., on sheets 30 x 46 cm.), engraved by J.R. Schellenberg, Peter Haas, Ludwig Schmidt, and J.D. Heidenreich after drawings by Herbst and Friedrich Guimpel. One woodcut ill. (v. 1, p. [21]). Port. of the author engraved by Clar after Franke.
6. Engraved vignettes on title pages (v. 1-2); ornamental head- and tailpieces. Vignette on t.p. of v. 2 is signed: Berger, sc.
7. Errata: v. 2, p. [226].

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes synonymies and bibliographical references. Index to v. 1-2 at end of v. 2.

Indexed in (note)

1. BM (Nat. hist.)
2. Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration
3. Sherborn, C.D. Bib. (In his Index animalium I, p. xi-lvi)

Author

1. Herbst, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm, 1743-1807.

Title

1. Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse : nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten / von Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst ...

Imprint

1. Berlin und Stralsund : Bey Gottlieb August Lange, 1782-1804.

Indexed in:

1. BM (Nat. hist.), v. 2, p. 828
2. Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, I, 1896
3. Sherborn, C.D. Bib. (In his Index animalium I, p. xi-lvi), p. xxix

Bibliography

1. Includes synonymies and bibliographical references. Index to v. 1-2 at end of v. 2.

Local note

1. NYPL copy: Vols. 1 and 3 lack volume t.p. Special title pages to v. 1, pt. 1 ("Erstes Heft") and v. 3, pts. 1-4 ("Dritter Band, erstes[-viertes] Heft") are present.
2. NYPL copy: Vol. 1: 86, [2], 87-274 p.; v. 2: VIII, [1]-146, [149]-225, [1] p.; v. 3: [2], 66, [2], 46, [2], 54, [2], 49, [1] p.
3. Collation of NYPL copy: Vol. 1: [A]⁴ B-2L⁴ 2M² (L4 blank, not counted in paging); v. 2: )(⁴ A-I⁴ K⁴(-K4) L-M⁴ N² O-T⁴ U⁴(-U1) X-2F⁴; v. 3: pi1 A-G⁴ H⁴(-H4) I², ²pi1 A-E⁴ F⁴(-F4), ³pi1 A-F⁴ G⁴(-G4), ⁴pi1 A-E⁴ F⁴(-F4) G².
4. In v. 1, sig. P is bound preceding sig. O.
5. NYPL copy lacks the port.
6. Vol. 1 in contemporary paste paper boards, rebacked in brown cloth. Vols. 2-3 rebound in brown buckram. Text vols. are housed in a single container (29 cm.); plates are unfolded and matted individually and housed in 2 containers (53 cm.).

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Place of publication

1. Germany Berlin.
2. Germany Stralsund.
3. Switzerland Zurich.

Added author

1. Haas, Peter, 1754-after 1804. Engraver
2. Heidenreich, J. D. Engraver
3. Schellenberg, Johann Rudolf, 1740-1806. Engraver
4. Schmidt, Ludwig, active 1787-1808. Engraver
5. Guimpel, Friedrich, 1774- Illustrator

Research call number

1. *KF 1782 03-95 Library has: Text
2. *KF+++ 1782 03-96 Library has: Plates