On the Anatomy of Balaenoptera rostrata.
Rare and modern books
Carte, A. And A. Macalister
On the Anatomy of Balaenoptera rostrata.
Rare and modern books
Carte, A. And A. Macalister
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London, The Royal Society, 1868. Large 4to (30.1 x 32.2 cm). 61 pp.; four lithographed plates. Disbound. = A rarely seen work with fine, detailed illustrations of the northern mink whale and its anatomy. Written by the Irish zoologist and palaeontologist Alexander Carte (1805-1881) and his fellow countryman, the anatomist Alexander Macalister (1844-1919). Published in the famous Philosophical Transactions. Plates a bit spotted, otherwise very good, clean.
