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TitleSymbolæ Physicæ, seu Icones et descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum, quae ex itineribus per Libyam, Ægyptum, Nubiam, Dongalam, Syriam, Arabiam et Habessiniam publico institutis sumptu Friderici Guilelmi Hemprich et Christiani God
AbbreviationSymb. Phys.
AuthorsC. G. Ehrenberg
Publication Dates4 vols; 1828-45
Place of publicationBerlin
Publisherex Officina academica, venditur a Mittlero
HOLLIS005054035
TL21.636
RemarksContents: I. Mammalia. Decas prima-secunda. 81 l., xx col. pl.: general t.- p. 1 l.; dedication: 2 l.; praefatio: 4 l. (sig. 1-4¹; dated 1828); text, dec. I: 34 l. (sig. a-z¹, aa-ll¹; n, y, bb, gg, ll are dated "Aug 1832"); dec. II: 40 l. (sig. a-z¹, aa-rr¹; k is dated Sep 1832; y Oct 1832; ff, nn, rr, Nov 1832) Covers dated 1828, 1830. Prefixed to the dedication is an announcement in Latin and German dated Apr 12, 1829 concerning the issue of decas I-II in installments; prefixed to sig. i (dec. I) a memorandum "Continuata explicatio" stating cause of delay in publication.--II. Aves. Decas prima: 32 l., x col. pl. (sig. a-b², c-z¹, aa-gg¹; e, h, m are dated Dec 1832; t, x Jan 1833) Cover dated 1828. III. Insecta. Percensuit Dr. Fr. Klug. Decas prima-quinta. 93 l., 50 col. pl.: dec. I: 17 l. (sig. a-h², i¹); dec. II: 12 l. (sig. a-f²); dec. III: 22 l. (sig. a-l²); dec. IV: 21 l. (sig. a-k², l¹); dec. V: 21 l. (sig. a- k², l¹) Sign. not dated, cover dated 1828.