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Antiquariaat Schierenberg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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AbeBooks Seller since 1 October 2001
Cassel, Theodor Fischer, 1877. Large 4to (28.8 x 22.7 cm). [i], 52 pp.; 16 double-sized lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with four raised bands, gilt title and floral vignettes. Marbled endpapers. Sprinkled edges. = With double-sized plates of bones and whole skeletons, the latter reconstructed by the author, the German palaeontologist Rudolph [August Birminhold Sebastian] Ludwig (1812-1880) (see Adler). Dedicated to Charles Darwin, and including a new species called Alligator darwini. Provenance: With the red, black and gilt bookplate of the Swiss palaeontologist William Alexandre Ooster (b. 1816). Some plates lightly foxed, mainly to the blank versos. In all a very good copy in a nice binding. Rare. Adler II, p. 304. Not in Nissen ZBI. Seller Inventory # 2989
Title: Fossile Crocodiliden aus der ...
Binding: Hardcover
Seller: Hermann L. Strack, Loguivy Plougras, France
52, [32] p., 16 double-page lithographed pls, large 4to, paperbound (printed covers). Spine with some slight wear, otherwise a very good, uncut copy (without foxing) of this rare monograph on fossil crocodilians.This work contains the descriptions of two species described by Rudolph Ludwig (1812-1880): Alligator darwini and Crocodilius ebertsi. Both are thoroughly described and illustrated. The fine detailed drawings are by Ludwig himself. Not only the Alligator was named after Darwin but the whole work is dedicated to Darwin ''Herrn Charles Darwin in hochachtungsvoller Ergebenheit gewidmet von dem Verfasser''. Seller Inventory # PR25152
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