Descripción

Caracas, Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, 1972-1982. two parts in three. Large 4to (26.9 x 20.4 cm) 555 [328; 227] pp., seven large, folded, coloured maps, numerous figures and tables (several in colour). Uniform green mock leather with gilt title on the spines in pictorial dust jackets. dustjacket. Maps to the second volume in printed portfolio. = A well-illustrated work on Caribbean fisheries, with many photos of seascapes, habitats, research activities, local fisheries (e.g. in the Los Roques archipelago), and of course images of fish species and other marine life, including molluscs and ostracods. Many photos are in full colour. These are the institute's monographs 16 and 27. Dust jacket of the first volume partly stuck to the boards; otherwise a very good, clean and unmarked set.