Biologia Centrali-Americana; Or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna and Flora of Mexico and Central America Archaeology: Volumes I & II Plates with Volumes III & IV Plates with Volume V Text and Volume VI Appendix Six Volume Set Facsimile Edition
197487702New York: Milpatron Publishing Corp 1974. Facsimile Edition reproduced from original work a Six Volume Set with Double Volumes I&II and Volumes III&IV across Four books. Two Oblong folio volumes 30.5cm x 46cm and two Quarto volumes 28cm; navy blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spines and front covers; viii119 plates197 plates1pp; ii82 platesii93 platespp; x12-69v12-47v12-50iv12-38iipp; xii149115pp; full-page plate illustrations with black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations throughout volumes. This set is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplates to front pastedowns of all four pastedowns. Volumes I & II Volumes III & IV and Volume VI all have modest shelf-wear with light shelf-soil to covers and edges of textblock; Very Good. Volume V has modest shelf-wear and -soil to covers and edges of textblock; Good. <br /> <br /> First published as a private issue 1879-1915 this Facsimile Edition includes a new introduction by Francis Robicsek and focuses on the natural history of Mexico and Central America. The first two collections Volumes I & II and Volumes III & IV include plate illustrations Volume V provides text description on each of the previous volumes of plates and Volume VI concludes the set with its appendix. 87702. Milpatron Publishing Corp unknown
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