Specimen Location: American Museum of Natural History Library Rare Book Collection
Rights: Information on rights available at the repository
Repository: American Museum of Natural History
Publisher: American Museum of Natural History Research Library
Original Caption: Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie
Phoque carcinophage
Phoca carcinophaga
Note: Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library
Medium: Lithography
Imprint: Paris, Gide, 1842-1854
Identifier: b11358725_6
Description of Publication: 23 v. ; 24 cm. + atlases (7 v., 51-68 cm.)
Department / Discipline: Vertebrate Zoology
Date of Publication: 1842-1854
Date: 2011
Coverage: Antarctica
Collection Title: Rare Book Collection
Collection Name: Rare Book Collection
Collection Description: The images of the Rare Book Collection highlight some of the art, illustrations, engravings, maps, and sketches from the over 14,000 rare materials housed at the Library. The Museum Library’s Rare Book Collection includes field diaries and scrapbooks, richly illustrated fragile and uniquely bound materials, limited and/or autographed editions; published and unpublished materials with special Museum association; materials of high monetary value; and rare books relevant to natural history, especially in those fields of interest at the Museum. This image collection commences with all of the artwork showcased in Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library: Essays & Plates, a book edited by the Library’s Director, published in October, 2012.
Call Number: 8-D
Book Title: Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée, exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840, sous le commandement de m. J. Dumont d'Urville, capitaine de vaisseau, publié par ordonnance de Sa Majesté sous la direction supérieure de m. Jacquinot, capitaine de vaisseau, commandant de la Zélée