Die Crustaceen der Böhmischen Kreideformation no other library marks

no other library marks

Image size: 21 x 14 inches

in the other compartments

an exceptionally bright and clean copy in near fine condition

using varnish to protect the pale areas from acid while the darker areas are further etched

Die Crustaceen der Böhmischen Kreideformation no other library marksPp. 53, 10 full page engraved plates (9 are partially colored). Publishers printed pale green front wrapper mounted on later white wrappers, in custom made folding black cloth box, gilt lettered on the spine, folio. Presents the fossil crustaceans of the Cretaceous of Bohemia now known as the Czech Republic. A rare work on the evolution of lobsters and crabs. Small circular stamp of the Smithsonian Institution on the front wrapper and on the title