Project for Kent State MLIS Program - Cultural Heritage Informatics Fall 2019
J. Sera's illustration can still be seen in the remaining copies of Holbrook's North American herpetology. A few different institutions have provided scans of the lithograph to the general public. Take a look at the differences in hand-coloring and quality between each copy.
- First Edition, Smithsonian
- Second Edition, Smithsonian
- First Edition, Harvard
- Second Edition, Harvard
- Second Edition, MDZ
First Edition, Smithsonian
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First Edition, Smithsonian
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Image ID: https://flic.kr/p/adgCKt
View Description: A scanned copy of the Scaphiopus solitarius lithograph from the first edition of North American Herpetology by John Edwards Holbrook, published in 1836. This particular scan comes from a copy held by the Smithsonian and is presented here through the Biodiversity Heritage Library's Flickr.
View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]
View Date: 08/15/2011
Related Work: Scaphiopus solitarius; J. Sera illustrator; 1836; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) – KSU:012
Second Edition, Smithsonian
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Second Edition, Smithsonian
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Image ID: https://www.archive.org/download/northamericanher14holb/page/n167_w1233
View Description: A scanned copy of the Scaphiopus solitarius lithograph from the second edition of North American Herpetology by John Edwards Holbrook, published in 1842. This particular scan comes from a copy held by the Smithsonian. Note that the Scaphiopus solitarius is placed in the fourth volume in the second edition as opposed to the first volume in the first edition.
View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]
View Date: 07/13/2011
Related Work: Scaphiopus solitarius; J. Sera illustrator; 1836; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) – KSU:012
First Edition, Ernst Mayr Library at Harvard
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First Edition, Ernst Mayr Library at Harvard
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Image ID: https://www.archive.org/download/northamericanher01holb/page/n113_w441
View Description: A scanned copy of the Scaphiopus solitarius lithograph from the first edition of North American Herpetology by John Edwards Holbrook, published in 1836. This particular scan comes from a copy held by the Ernst Mayr Library in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University.
View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]
View Date: 03/21/2008
Related Work: Scaphiopus solitarius; J. Sera illustrator; 1836; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) – KSU:012
Second Edition, Ernst Mayr Library at Harvard
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Second Edition, Ernst Mayr Library at Harvard
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Image ID: https://www.archive.org/download/northamericanher184204holb/page/n167_w448
View Description: A scanned copy of the Scaphiopus solitarius lithograph from the second edition of North American Herpetology by John Edwards Holbrook, published in 1842. This particular scan comes from a copy held by the Ernst Mayr Library in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. Note that the Scaphiopus solitarius is placed in the fourth volume in the second edition as opposed to the first volume in the first edition.
View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]
View Date: 03/20/2008
Related Work: Scaphiopus solitarius; J. Sera illustrator; 1836; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) – KSU:012
Second Edition, Munich Digitization Center (MDZ)
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Second Edition, Munich Digitization Center (MDZ)
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Image ID: https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10231476_00220.html
View Description: A scanned copy of the Scaphiopus solitarius lithograph from the second edition of North American Herpetology by John Edwards Holbrook, published in 1842. This particular scan comes from a copy held by the Munich Digitization Center, or Münchener DigitalsierungsZentrum (MDZ). Note that the Scaphiopus solitarius is placed in the fourth volume in the second edition as opposed to the first volume in the first edition.
View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]
View Date: 08/03/2018
Related Work: Scaphiopus solitarius; J. Sera illustrator; 1836; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) – KSU:012
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J. Sera's illustration can still be seen in the remaining copies of Holbrook's North American herpetology. A few different institutions have provided scans of the lithograph to the general public. Take a look at the differences in hand-coloring and quality between each copy.
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First Edition, Smithsonian
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Image ID: https://flic.kr/p/adgCKt
View Description: A scanned copy of the Scaphiopus solitarius lithograph from the first edition of North American Herpetology by John Edwards Holbrook, published in 1836. This particular scan comes from a copy held by the Smithsonian and is presented here through the Biodiversity Heritage Library's Flickr.
View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]
View Date: 08/15/2011
Related Work: Scaphiopus solitarius; J. Sera illustrator; 1836; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) – KSU:012
Second Edition, Smithsonian
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Image ID: https://www.archive.org/download/northamericanher14holb/page/n167_w1233
View Description: A scanned copy of the Scaphiopus solitarius lithograph from the second edition of North American Herpetology by John Edwards Holbrook, published in 1842. This particular scan comes from a copy held by the Smithsonian. Note that the Scaphiopus solitarius is placed in the fourth volume in the second edition as opposed to the first volume in the first edition.
View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]
View Date: 07/13/2011
Related Work: Scaphiopus solitarius; J. Sera illustrator; 1836; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) – KSU:012
First Edition, Ernst Mayr Library at Harvard
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Image ID: https://www.archive.org/download/northamericanher01holb/page/n113_w441
View Description: A scanned copy of the Scaphiopus solitarius lithograph from the first edition of North American Herpetology by John Edwards Holbrook, published in 1836. This particular scan comes from a copy held by the Ernst Mayr Library in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University.
View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]
View Date: 03/21/2008
Related Work: Scaphiopus solitarius; J. Sera illustrator; 1836; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) – KSU:012
Second Edition, Ernst Mayr Library at Harvard
Click Image to Zoom
Image ID: https://www.archive.org/download/northamericanher184204holb/page/n167_w448
View Description: A scanned copy of the Scaphiopus solitarius lithograph from the second edition of North American Herpetology by John Edwards Holbrook, published in 1842. This particular scan comes from a copy held by the Ernst Mayr Library in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. Note that the Scaphiopus solitarius is placed in the fourth volume in the second edition as opposed to the first volume in the first edition.
View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]
View Date: 03/20/2008
Related Work: Scaphiopus solitarius; J. Sera illustrator; 1836; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) – KSU:012
Second Edition, Munich Digitization Center (MDZ)
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Image ID: https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10231476_00220.html
View Description: A scanned copy of the Scaphiopus solitarius lithograph from the second edition of North American Herpetology by John Edwards Holbrook, published in 1842. This particular scan comes from a copy held by the Munich Digitization Center, or Münchener DigitalsierungsZentrum (MDZ). Note that the Scaphiopus solitarius is placed in the fourth volume in the second edition as opposed to the first volume in the first edition.
View Type: front view [AAT: 300264744]
View Date: 08/03/2018
Related Work: Scaphiopus solitarius; J. Sera illustrator; 1836; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) – KSU:012