General zoology, or, Systematic natural history / Shaw, George, 1751-1813. Stephens, James Francis, 1792-1853. Heath, Charles, 1785-1848, engraver. Griffith, Mrs., engraver. Chappelow, former owner. Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916, former owner. Library of Congress, former owner. text London : Printed for G. Kearsley, 1800-1826. eng 14 v., leaves of plates : 23 cm. Title from engraved t.p. Title and imprint vary. On letterpress t.p., imprint: London : Printed by Thomas Davison. Vol. 6 title reads: ... engraved by Mr. Heath & Mrs. Griffith. Vol. 7- : ... engraved by Mrs. Griffith [or] Griffiths. Each volume in two parts, with general engraved t.p. and letterpress title; in v. 1-11 paged continuously. "After the death of Dr. Shaw the text for the Aves, vols. 9-14, was written by J.F. Stephens. The 505 plates for this portion of the work were engraved principally by Mrs. Griffiths." -- Wood, C. Vertebrate zoology, p. 566. Each part contains Directions for placing the plates ... except v. 14, pt. 2 (general index) which has no plates. Plates no. 75 in v. 6, no. 29 in v. 8, and no. 29 in v. X misnumbered 74, 79, and 30 respectively. Publisher's advertisements: p. [465]-[466], v. 5 and p. [xx], v. 7. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Vol. 1-2. Mammalia, 1800-1801 -- 3. Amphibia, 1802 -- 4-5. Pisces, 1803-1804 -- 6. Insecta, 1806 -- 7-8. Aves, 1809-1812 -- 9-14, pt. 1. Aves by J. F. Stephens. 1815-1826 -- [14, pt. 2] General index to the zoology by G. Shaw and J. F. Stephens, 1826. digitized BHLDP 20130430 extracted picklist 20081216 BM (Nat. hist.), v. IV, p. 1911 Wood, C. Vertebrate zoology, p. 566 Zoology -- Pictorial works. Also available online. http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1593