System Polydesmiden I Theil by Attems (4 results)

262, 186 p., 17 lithographed pls, roy. 4to, hcloth (worn, plates loose, and spine missing). Denkschriften der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften mathematisch naturwissenschaftliche Classe.

262, 186 p., 17 lithographed pls, roy. 4to, disbound. Denkschriften der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften mathematisch naturwissenschaftliche Classe.

Wien, Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1897-1899. In two volumes. 4to (29.7 x 23.2 cm; 28.5 x 23.0 cm). 448 [1-262; 251-436] pp., 17 [11; 6] lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves. Near uniform contemporary and somewhat later black blind half cloth over black marbled boards. = A seldom seen, taxonomically important work on millipedes (Diplopoda), with detailed illustrations by the author, extensive descriptions and a large bibliography. Published in the Academy's Denkschriften. This is a rare hardbound set. The first volume is slightly larger and the page numbering is only quasi-consecutive, with a 12 pages overlap. Plate numbering, however, is consecutive. Former owner's stamp of the German entomologist Friedrich Ludwig Stellwaag (1886-1976) above both drophead titles, otherwise very good, clean. Nissen ZBI, 150. Not in Horn-Schenkling II.…