Fauna Brasiliense. Peixes. IV. Eleutherobranchios aspiriphorus. Parte A. Physostomos scleracanthos.

Rio de Janeiro, Papelaria Macedo (for the Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro), 1912. Large 4to. (29.8 x 22.0 cm). 504, [viii] pp.; 144 text illustrations, 54 plates; folded table. Later half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt (Volume) title on the spine. = A well-illustrated and detailed monograph on freshwater ray-finned fishes, including catfishes, of Amazonia and other regions. Includes a historical survey, and extensive synonymies. Published in the museum's Archivos, Volume 16. The author, Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro (1874-1939) was an important Brazilian ichthyologist and herpetologist. "During his career he explored the Amazon region many times, and under the direction of Candido Rondon (1865-1958), he took part in installing the first telegraph through the Amazon and Mato Grosso. In 1911, after visiting museums and fishery programs in Europe and the United States, he founded a fisheries inspectorate in Brazil, the first official services on fisheries in the nation. In 1911 he published the highly regarded Fauna brasiliensis-Peixes (Brazilian fishes)" [of which this work forms an important part] (Wikipedia). Small stamp on title; spine sunned; front hinge partly split, but inner joint holding, and in all a very good copy. Rare.