Research Catalog

Title

The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836 : Published with the approval of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury / Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., Sec. G.S., naturalist to the expedition.

Publication

• London : Published by Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill, MDCCCXXXIX-MDCCCXLIII [1839-1843].
• London : Printed by Stewart and Murray, Old Bailey.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
• Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865.
• Owen, Richard, 1804-1892.
• Waterhouse, G. R. (George Robert), 1810-1888.
• Gould, John, 1804-1881.
• Jenyns, Leonard, 1800-1893.
• Bell, Thomas, 1792-1880.
• Eyton, T. C. (Thomas Campbell), 1809-1880.
• Gray, George Robert, 1808-1872.
• Scharf, George, 1788-1860
• Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850
• Waterhouse, G. R. (George Robert), 1810-1888
• Curtis, Charles M., approximately 1795-1839
• Swaine, John, 1775-1860
• Gould, John, 1804-1881
• Gould, Elizabeth, 1804-1841
• Hawkins, B. Waterhouse (Benjamin Waterhouse), 1807-1894
• Great Britain. Treasury, sponsoring body
• Smith, Elder, and Co., publisher
• Stewart and Murray, printer
• Beagle Expedition (1831-1836)

Description

5 volumes : 166 illustrations (82 color); 31 cm

Alternative Title

Part V, Reptiles.

Subjects

• Zoology > Southern Hemisphere
• Zoology > South America
• Mammals, Fossil > South America
• Beagle Expedition (1831-1836)
• Animals in art
• Paleontology > Southern Hemisphere
• Paleontology > South America
• Mammals, Fossil > Southern Hemisphere

Note

• Each volume has also special title page, from which information in Contents, below, is transcribed.
• Part V is called "Reptiles" on general title page and "Reptilia" on special title page.
• Volume 1 (called part I) published in 1840; pt. II in 1839; pt. III in 1841; pt. IV in 1842; pt. V in 1843. Each was originally issued in parts (called no.), February 1838-October 1843 (19 parts in all). For dates of publication of the parts, see C.D. Sherborn in Annals and magazine of natural history, series VI, v. XX (1897), page 483. See also Freeman (cited below), entry 8; and see description on Darwin Online website (viewed May 31, 2018).
• Vol. 1: [2], iv, iv, 111, [1] pages, XXXII leaves of plates (2 double-page, 1 folded); v. 2: ix, [5], v, [1], 97, [1] pages, 35 leaves of plates; v. 3: [8], ii, [3]-156, [8] pages, L leaves of plates; v. 4: xv, [1], 169, [3] pages, 29 leaves of plates; v. 5: [2], vi, 51, [1] pages, 20 leaves of plates.
• The illustrations are full-page lithographs (3 are engravings), some hand-colored. In v. 1: 32 uncolored lithographs; drawn and lithographed by G. Scharf, printed by C. Hullmandel; v. 2: 32 hand-colored lithographs, unsigned, and 3 uncolored engravings (anatomical plates), drawn by G.R. Waterhouse and C.M. Curtis, engraved by J. Swaine; v. 3: 50 hand-colored lithographs, unsigned but "taken from sketches made by Mr. Gould himself, and executed on stone by Mrs. [Elizabeth] Gould" (see Darwin's Advertisement, pages i-ii); v. 4: 29 uncolored lithographs, drawn and lithographed by B. Waterhouse Hawkins; v. 5: 20 uncolored lithographs, drawn by B. Waterhouse Hawkins and "on stone in Lithotint, C. Hullmandel's patent."
• "When I presented my collection of Birds to the Zoological Society, Mr. Gould kindly undertook to furnish me with descriptions of the new species and names of those already known. This he has performed, but owing to the hurry, consequent on his departure for Australia ... he was compelled to leave some part of his manuscript so far incomplete, that without the possibility of personal communication with him, I was left in doubt on some essential points. Mr. George Robert Gray, the ornithological assistant in the Zoological department of the British Museum, has ... undertaken to obviate this difficulty, by furnishing me with information with respect to some parts of the general arrangement, and likewise on that most intricate subject, the knowledge of what species have already been described, and the use of proper generic terms ... As some of Mr. Gould's descriptions appeared to me brief. I have enlarged them. but have always endeavoured to retain his specific character: so that. by this means, I trust I shall not throw any obscurity on what he considers the essential character in each case: but at the same time. I hope that these additional remarks may render the work more complete"--Darwin's Advertisement in v. 3, pages i-ii.
• Mounted errata slip on page [1] of 5th group of v. 2; "Corrigenda": v. 3, page [7] of 1st group; "Errata": v. 4, page [170] and v. 5, page [6] of 1st group.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Indexed In (note)

• Freeman, R.B. Works of Charles Darwin, an annotated bibliographical handlist
• Freeman bibliographical database
• Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia
• Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library
• Sauer, G.C. "John Gould's major published works." In Sauer, G.C. John Gould, the bird man, pages 11-86

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online via Darwin Online website (parts and volume issues; text and image views), via Biodiversity Heritage Library website, and via Nineteenth Century Collections Online; v. 2-5 available online via HathiTrust and Google Books. Darwin Online

Source (note)

• Lenox Library copy.

Contents

Pt. I. Fossil mammalia / described by Richard Owen, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S., F.L.S. ... ; with a geological introduction, by Charles Darwin, Esq., M.A., F.G.S., &c. &c., corresponding member of the Zoological Society -- pt. II. Mammalia / described by George R. Waterhouse, Esq., curator of the Zoological Society of London, etc. etc. ; with a notice of their habits and ranges, by Charles Darwin, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., secretary to the Geological Society ; illustrated by numerous coloured engravings -- pt. III. Birds / described by John Gould, Esq., F.L.S. ; with a notice of their habits and ranges, by Charles Darwin, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., sec. Geolog. Soc. ; and with an anatomical appendix, by T.C. Eyton, Esq., F.L.S. ; illustrated by numerous coloured engravings -- pt. IV. Fish / described by the Rev. Leonard Jenyns, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S., F.Z.S. ... ; illustrated by numerous engravings -- pt. V. Reptilia / described by Thomas Bell, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., etc. ; illustrated by numerous engravings.

Call Number

PQH+ (Darwin, C. Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle)

LCCN

06016152

OCLC

10194572

Title

The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836 : Published with the approval of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury / Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., Sec. G.S., naturalist to the expedition.

Publisher

London : Published by Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill, MDCCCXXXIX-MDCCCXLIII [1839-1843].

Manufacturer

London : Printed by Stewart and Murray, Old Bailey.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Freeman, R.B. Works of Charles Darwin, an annotated bibliographical handlist entry 9

Freeman bibliographical database, F9 http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/record?itemID=F9

Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, no. 2933

Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library, pages 157-159

Sauer, G.C. "John Gould's major published works." In Sauer, G.C. John Gould, the bird man, pages 11-86, no. 39, pages 39-40

Additional Formats

Also available online via Darwin Online website (parts and volume issues; text and image views), via Biodiversity Heritage Library website, and via Nineteenth Century Collections Online; v. 2-5 available online via HathiTrust and Google Books. Darwin Online: http://darwin-online.org.uk/EditorialIntroductions/Freeman_ZoologyOfBeagle.html

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Source

Lenox Library copy.

Connect to:

Full text available via HathiTrust--v. 2 (University of Michigan copy)

Full text available via HathiTrust--v. 3

Full text available via HathiTrust--v. 4-5

Place of Publication

England London.

Added Author

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882, editor, author.

Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865.

Container of (work): Owen, Richard, 1804-1892. Fossil mammalia.

Container of (work): Waterhouse, G. R. (George Robert), 1810-1888. Mammalia.

Container of (work): Gould, John, 1804-1881. Birds.

Container of (work): Jenyns, Leonard, 1800-1893. Fish.

Container of (work): Bell, Thomas, 1792-1880. Reptilia.

Eyton, T. C. (Thomas Campbell), 1809-1880.

Gray, George Robert, 1808-1872.

Scharf, George, 1788-1860, illustrator, lithographer.

Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, printer of plates.

Waterhouse, G. R. (George Robert), 1810-1888, illustrator.

Curtis, Charles M., approximately 1795-1839, illustrator.

Swaine, John, 1775-1860, engraver.

Gould, John, 1804-1881, illustrator.

Gould, Elizabeth, 1804-1841, illustrator, lithographer.

Hawkins, B. Waterhouse (Benjamin Waterhouse), 1807-1894, illustrator, lithographer.

Great Britain. Treasury, sponsoring body.

Smith, Elder, and Co., publisher.

Stewart and Murray, printer.

Beagle Expedition (1831-1836)

Added Title

Part V, Reptiles.

Other Form:

Online version: Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836. London : Published by Smith, Elder and Co. ..., 1839-1843 (OCoLC)867061587

Research Call Number

PQH+ (Darwin, C. Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle)

Stuart 1772-1774