"In the present little volume ... the method of M. Lamarck will be adhered to ... As a whole, Lamarck's System remains unrivalled, and the young naturalist can readily add to the information it contains, by reference to the works of more recent authors ..."--Preface "To the reader," p. [5] extracted picklist SCNHRB copy (39088013485164) has 7, [1] p. of publisher's advertisements bound-in at end SCNHRB copy has bookplate of William Healey Dall, Division of Mollusks Sectional Library. Stamped on front free endpaper and t.p.: Division of Mollusks Sectional Library SCNHRB copy inscribed in ink on t.p.: EM SCNHRB copy stamped on verso of t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Feb 20 1939 [acc. no.] 309532 SCNHRB copy bound in original blue-green publisher's cloth binding, blind-embossed, title in gilt on spine; housed in an archival cardboard box