Gray's list of birds : [London], ca. 1840.

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Gray's list of birds : [London], ca. 1840.

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Bound holograph manuscript list of the birds of the world. Based on the second edition of Coenraad Jacob Temminck's Manuel d'Ornithologie (Paris, 1820-40) and John Latham's Index Ornithologicus (London, 1790), the texts of which have been cut up and pasted into the volumes, with additions and annotations by Gray, probably in preparation for his Genera of Birds (London, 1844-1849).

20 v. ; 20 x 25 cm.

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Latham, John, 1740-1837

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Gray, George Robert, 1808-1872

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Staff member of the zoological department of the British Museum; conducted pioneering work in the preparation of the Museum's catalogue of birds. From the description of Gray's list of birds : [London], ca. 1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702146217 Epithet: FRS, Assistant-Keeper of Zoology, British Museum British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x00000f Bonaparte, Charles L...

Temminck, C.J. (Coenraad Jacob), 1778-1858

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