First twenty numbers lack collected issue title page.
Imprint from volume title page of vol. 2; first year of publication from date of plates in v. 1; later volumes include date in imprint.
From vol. 3-<6>, a single rule below imprint is followed by the printer's statement: Printed by W. Justins, Pemberton Row, Gough Square.
Individual numbers consist of several colored plates, with letterpress descriptions; approximately twenty numbers make up a volume; each volume includes a contents list.
Issues lack pagination and signatures.
Includes descriptions and engravings of birds, fish, insects, animals, shells, and flowering plants.
Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.