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London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, and John Taylor, 1840. 12mo (17.1 x 10.7 cm). Engraved title with portrait of the author, [ii], 392 pp.; several text engravings. Publisher's green, embossed cloth with gilt title on the spine. Patterned endpapers. = An important source four finding early zoologists, and their publications. The comments by Swainson are informative and, at times, fun to read. The taxidermy-part runs to p. 98, covering only a quarter of the whole work. this work forms a part of Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia, largely written by the British-Australian zoologist William Swainson (1789-1855). Provenance: stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) in the top margin of the front free endpaper and title. Top edge of spine slightly frayed Some light spotting on the title. Otherwise, a very good copy.