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Hentz, N. M. [E. Burgess (Ed.)]

The Spiders of the United States. A collection of the arachnological writings of Nicholas Marcellus Hentz.

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Hentz, N. M. [E. Burgess (Ed.)]

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Boston, Ma, The Boston Society of Natural History, 1875. 8vo (24.5 x 15.5 cm). xiii, 171 pp.; 21 plates with explanatory text leaves. Original printed wrappers. = An important contribution to North-American arachnology with fine illustrations of numerous new and poorly known species. Written by the French-American entomologist Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (1797-1856), and edited after his death by the American yacht designer and entomologist Edward Burgess (1849-1891), and with additional notes (in smaller printing), by another American entomologist, James Henry Emerton (1847-1931). Most plates were drawn by Hentz, but several are by Emerton. Uncut. As issued. Edges a bit frayed and chipped; bookblok broken, otherwise, very good, complete. Rare. In particular outside the U.S.A.
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