Questo sito usa cookie di analytics per raccogliere dati in forma aggregata e cookie di terze parti per migliorare l'esperienza utente.
Leggi l'Informativa Cookie Policy completa.

Rare and modern books

Bennett, E. T.

On the M'horr Antelope.

125.00 €

Schierenberg Bookshop Antiquariaat

(Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Ask for more info

Payment methods

Details

Author
Bennett, E. T.

Description

London, Zoological Society of London, 1835. Large 4to (30.2 x 23.8 cm). 8 pp., chromolithographed plate by Hills and Zeitter. Blind front wrapper. = Amongst the four currently recognized African Antelopes this seems to be the rarest. According to the author, "The M'horr is regarded in the Kingdom of Morocco as an exceedingly rare animal". This is the rare first issue of the first volume of the Society's Transactions. Added: two fine hand-coloured lithographs of antelopes from Peters, Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique.
Logo Maremagnum en