Zoologie

6610 — Rio de Janeiro: Papelaria Macedo 1915. First edition. Front wrapper is a bit soiled and edge worn rear wrapper is missing paper on spine is chipped at the bottom text and plates are bright and clean; overall a good solid copy. Pp. 680; 33 black-and-white photos and line-drawings. Original green front printed wrapper spine is based in brown paper thick 4to. Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro volume 17. According to Bashford Dean Bibliography of Fishes p. 343: "This section forms a bulky volume which is without continuous pagination the plates are un-numbered and there is no index. Numerous genera and species are considered belonging to 20 orders of teleosts." From the library of ichthyologist Ernest Lachner with his name stamp on the front wrapper title page and outer page edge. This is a large and heavy volume - extra postage will be required for international shipping. Rio de Janeiro: Papelaria Macedo, 1915. First edition. unknown