AUTHOR: Dana, James Dwight (1813-1895) TITLE: Zoophytes. With a folio atlas of sixty-one plates. IMPRINT: Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1838-49. COLLATION: 2 p.l., vi, [7]-740 p. ill. 33 x 24 cm. and atlas of 12 p., 61 pl. (part col.) 57 x 37 cm.. NOTES: (United States exploring expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. vol. VII) Text has half-title: Atlas. Zoophytes. By James D. Dana. Philadelphia, C. Sherman, printer, 1849. Plate no. 27 incorrectly numbered 30. Works referred to in the treatise: p. 725-729. “The subject of corals, in this volume, is treated exclusively in a zoological point of view. The geological questions with regard to the formation and structure of coral-reefs and islands, will come up for discussion in the author’s geological report” — pref., p. iii. Edition of 100 copies. 100 copies issued with imprint: Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard. The edition on sale being exhausted, the author in 1859 issued a smaller volume to accompany complete copies of the Atlas: synopsis of the report on zoophytes of the U.S. Exploring expedition around the world, under C. Wilkes, U.S.N. commander, in the years 1838-1842. By James D. Dana. New Have, pub. by the author. The introductory part was also issued separately: Structure and classification of zoophytes. Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard, 1846. KEYWORDS: 1. Coelenterata. 2. Zoology. LOCATION: f508.3.U582u v. 7