Descrizione

Heidelberg, Carl Winter, 1930. 8vo (22.9 x 15.8 cm). xiv, 448 pp.; nine plates (one, with profiles, larger, folded), 271 text figures, one large full colour map. Contemporary half calf over reptile skin pattered leather boards. Spine with five raised bands and gilt title. A very good work on the geology and palaeontology of Peru, including economically interesting minerals, the earthquakes, and a description of the fine, large map (scale 1:3,000,000, size 52 x 66.5 cm). The text illustrations include many fossils, in particular molluscs, but also several ferns, brachiopods, echinoderms, etc. Printed leaf, with excuses for typographical errors, made in translation, tipped in. Old stamps on front free endpaper recto, title page, and Prefacio (preface) top margin. An uncommon, if not rare work, and very unusual in such a carefully made binding.