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Semioptera wallacii from Elliot's A monograph of the Paradiseidae

Finnin, Denis

American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History
New York, NY, United States

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  • Title: Semioptera wallacii from Elliot's A monograph of the Paradiseidae
  • Creator: Finnin, Denis
  • Subject: Rare books, Birds, Birds -- Pictorial works, Ornithology, Asia
  • 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: Semioptera wallacii
  • Note: Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library
  • Medium: Lithography
  • Imprint: [London] For the subscribers, by the author, 1873.
  • Identifier: b10610169_3
  • Description of Publication: xxxii, [90] p. 37 col. pl. 62 x 50 cm.
  • Department / Discipline: Orinthology
  • Date of Publication: 1873
  • Date: 2011
  • Coverage: New Guinea
  • 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scrapbooks, richly illustrated fragile and uniquely bound materials, limited and/or autographed editions; published and unpublished materials with special Museum association; materials of high monetary value; and rare books relevant to natural history, especially in those fields of interest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: RF-108-J
  • Book Title: A monograph of the Paradiseidae or birds of paradise
  • Bibliographic Number: <a href="http://libcat1.amnh.org/record=b1061016" target="_blank">b10610169</a>
  • Author: Elliot, Daniel Giraud, 1835-1915
  • Artist: Smit, Joseph, 1836-1929, Wolf, Joseph, 1820-1899

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