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Libros antiguos y modernos

Sclater, W. L. And P. L. Sclater

The geography of mammals.

75,00 €

Schierenberg Bookshop Antiquariaat

(Amsterdam, Países Bajos)

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Sclater, W. L. And P. L. Sclater

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London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1899. 8vo (22.5 x 14.5 cm). xviii, 335 pp.; eight large, folded, tinted maps, engraved frontispiece by Joseph Smit (tissue-guarded), 50 text engravings. 60 pp. publisher's catalogue (dated Jan. 1899) bound in rear. Original dark green, embossed cloth. Spine with gilt title. = An early major contribution to the subject of mammalian zoogeography. Written by father Philip Lutley and son William Lutley Sclater. Philip is best known as an ornithologist. Well-illustrated. The engravings, by the famous Dutch natural history artist Joseph Smit (1836-1929) are excellent. Included are, e.g. the giant panda (under another, then far better known name, the tasmanian wolf, etc., etc.). Uncut. Front and rear free endpaper a little bit foxed. Otherwise a fine copy. Rare in this state.
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