<mods version='3.3' xmlns='http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3'> <titleInfo> <nonSort> A </nonSort> <title> general synopsis of birds </title> </titleInfo> <name type='personal'> <namePart> Latham, John </namePart> <namePart type='date'> 1740-1837 </namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority='marcrelator' type='text'> creator </roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type='personal'> <namePart> Dwight, Jonathan </namePart> <namePart type='date'> 1858-1929 </namePart> <role> <roleTerm type='text'> former owner. </roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type='personal'> <namePart> Tucker, Marcia Brady </namePart> <role> <roleTerm type='text'> former owner. </roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type='corporate'> <namePart> Library of Congress </namePart> <role> <roleTerm type='text'> former owner. </roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource> text </typeOfResource> <genre authority='marcgt'> bibliography </genre> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type='code' authority='marccountry'> enk </placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type='text'> London </placeTerm> </place> <publisher> Printed for Benj. White </publisher> <dateIssued> 1781-1785 </dateIssued> <dateIssued encoding='marc' point='start'> 1781 </dateIssued> <dateIssued encoding='marc' point='end'> 1785 </dateIssued> <issuance> monographic </issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority='iso639-2b' type='code'> eng </languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <form authority='marcform'> print </form> <extent> 3 v. in 6, CVI leaves of plates : ill. (etchings) ; 26 cm. (4to) </extent> </physicalDescription> <note> Preface (p. vi, v. 1) signed John Latham. </note> <note> The plates are by the author. </note> <note> Illustrated etched t.p. </note> <note> Issued in three numbered volumes each with separate part title pages but continuous pagination and register. Vol. 1, pt 1 is dated 1781; v. 1, pt. 2 is dated 1782; v. 2, pts. 1 and 2 are dated 1783; v. 3, pts. 1 and 2 are dated 1785. The plates are numbered continuously throughout. </note> <note> Vols. 2 and 3 have imprint: London: Printed for Leigh &amp;amp; Sotheby. Vol. 2, pt. 1 with imprint: Prnited [sic] for Leigh &amp;amp; Sotheby. </note> <note> Supplement to the General synopsis of birds was published in 1781 and Supplement II to the General synopsis of birds in 1801 or 1802. A companion to the second supplement 'Supplementum indicis ornithologici' was probably issued with Supplement II. </note> <note type='citation/reference'> Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., p. 371-2 </note> <note type='citation/reference'> Anker, J. Bird books, no. 277 </note> <note type='action'> extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX </note> <note> Includes bibliographical references ("A catalogue of the principal authors referred to in this work": v. 3, pt. 2, p. [637-647]) and indexes. </note> <subject authority='lcsh'> <topic> Birds </topic> <genre> Early works to 1800 </genre> </subject> <subject authority='lcsh'> <topic> Birds </topic> <genre> Classification </genre> <genre> Early works to 1800 </genre> </subject> <subject authority='lcsh'> <topic> Birds </topic> <genre> Pictorial works </genre> <genre> Early works to 1800 </genre> </subject> <classification authority='lcc'> QL674 L3 </classification> <relatedItem type='isReferencedBy'> <note> Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., p. 371-2 </note> </relatedItem> <relatedItem type='isReferencedBy'> <note> Anker, J. Bird books, no. 277 </note> </relatedItem> <recordInfo> <descriptionStandard> aacr2 </descriptionStandard> <recordContentSource authority='marcorg'> OCP </recordContentSource> <recordCreationDate encoding='marc'> 770811 </recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding='iso8601'> 20110708124957.0 </recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>