5 volumes, 278 leaves of plates in various foliations : 32 cm

Issued in 28 parts. For more information see F.H. Waterhouse, "On the dates of publication of the parts of Sir Andrew Smith's 'Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa,' in: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1880), pages 489-491; also: K.H. Barnard, "The dates of issue of the 'Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa' and the 'Marine investigations in South Africa,' in Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History., volume 2 (October 1950), pages 187-189 and corrigendum, volume 2 (November 1952), page 408

"The plates ... have been published in five divisions, viz., Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Pisces, and Invertebratae. Those of each division have been numbered independently, and the letterpress descriptions left unpaged, in order that they may be arranged according to the particular view of the purchasers"--Preface, page iii

"London: Printed by Stewart and Murray, Old Bailey"--Verso of title page

Volume 5 (Invertebratae) has special title page: Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa, being a portion of the objects of natural history chiefly collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa ... by W.S. Macleay. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1838

Plates signed: Day & Haghe, lithrs. to the Queen; C.E. Wagstaff sc.; Chas. M. Curtis del.; Ford del

Each plate is accompanied by a blank guard sheet and approximately 2 pages of letterpress description (usually unpaginated)

Plates 18 and 37 in "Mammalia" were never issued. See F.A. Jentink, "On the Dates of publication of the parts of Sir Andrew Smith's Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa," in: Notes from the Leyden Museum, volume 15 (1893), page 182

Collation of each volume: Mammalia: 51 plates (numbered 1-8, 8 bis, 9-17, 19-36, 38-53), with descriptive letterpress; Aves: 114 plates, with descriptive letterpress; Reptilia: 78 plates, with descriptive letterpress; Pisces: 31 plates, with descriptive letterpress; Invertebratae: 75 pages, 4 plates

With an appendix (28 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

[1]. Mammalia -- [2]. Aves -- [3]. Reptilia -- [4]. Pisces -- [5]. Invertebratae. By W.S. Macleay

Ulber, Thomas M. "Sir Andrew Smith's 'Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa'. an annotated table of contents for the "Reptilia" volume. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service, (120): 1-17

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